#franklin

To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates. ↗

— Mark McCormack

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #bill #bill gates #edison

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. ↗

— Ruth Ann Minner

#add #benjamin #benjamin franklin #certain #certainty

I "love" reading. It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, and the whole world into one gigantic invincible Sir Moffat. Mine is creative reading. I read building empires in mind. I pray I won't read and read and forget to marry. ↗

— Moffat Machingura

#caeser #christ #christianity #confucius #consume

Just as smiles often follow tears, the sun rose full and bright on the morning.. ↗

— Georgina Grey

#franklin #georgina #romantic #suzan #romantic

Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didn't know. ↗

— Russell Baker

#barack obama #because #change #clearly #day

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#aretha #aretha franklin #child #depressed #franklin

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's. ↗

— Marianne Faithfull

#franklin #god #know #must #voice

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

#american #american history #aretha #aretha franklin #every

For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #constitution #credited #franklin

I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people. ↗

— George Thorogood

#aretha #aretha franklin #elvis #elvis presley #franklin