Showing posts with label knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knowledge. Show all posts

Sunday, July 15, 2018

put some light on the subject ... Harry S Truman


There is nothing 
new in the world
 except the history 
you do not know. 
~Harry S. Truman
Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Monday, May 21, 2018

which plane are you on ... Albert Einstein

There comes a time 
when the mind takes
 a higher plane 
of knowledge but
 can never prove 
how it got there. 
~Albert Einstein

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Pima Air and Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona

Friday, March 16, 2018

a love of learning ... Anthony D'Angelo

Develop a passion for learning.
If you do,
you will never cease to grow.
~ Anthony J. D'Angelo

Courtesy of Library of Congress, 1943 Long Island Math Class

Saturday, January 6, 2018

defining knowledge ... Helen Keller


Knowledge is love 
and light and vision. 
~Helen Keller

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Los Angeles, California

Friday, July 28, 2017

Monday, May 29, 2017

Happy Memorial Day ... John Adams

Old minds are 
like old horses; 
you must exercise
them if you wish to 
keep them in 
working order.
~John Adams

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Location: Old Town Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Arizona

Monday, May 8, 2017

(5/8) National Socks Day ... Neil Armstrong

I am, 
and ever will be,
a white socks,
pocket protector,
nerdy engineer.
~Neil Armstrong

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Location: Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Friday, May 5, 2017

(5/5) a bit of wisdom from Woodrow Wilson

I not only use all
 the brains that I have, 
but all that I can borrow.
~Woodrow Wilson

2014 Library of Congress
Texas

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

(4/25) Where do ideas come from? Norman Cousins

A library is 
the delivery room
 for the birth of ideas, 
a place where 
history comes to life.
~Norman Cousins

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Nixon Library, California

Saturday, April 22, 2017

(4/22) National Jelly Bean Day ... women and food ... Orson Welles

If there hadn't been women,
 we'd still be squatting
 in a cave eating raw meat,
 because 
we made civilization 
in order to impress 
our girlfriends.
~Orson Welles


In the above image, 
she is putting up jelly.
In the below image, 
he is moving beans.
Technically, this is 
Jelly Bean Day!

Images both courtesy of Library of Congress

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

(4/11) Barbershop Quartet Day ... beauty and Katharine Hepburn

Plain women know more
 about men 
than beautiful women do.
~Katharine Hepburn
(the images below are why word order is important
 ... this is a quartet of barbershops ...)




All photographs from Library of Congress
a Quartet of Barbershops ...

Friday, March 31, 2017

(3/31) a word from the wise ... Calvin Coolidge

You can't know too much,
but 
you can say too much.
~Calvin Coolidge

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

Monday, March 6, 2017

Saturday, February 4, 2017

(2/4) thank your postman day ... Jerome Cady

 A wise man knows
 where courage ends
 and stupidity begins.
~Jerome Cady


Courtesy Erin Enterprises
Location: Mesa, Arizona