what deeds say ... Saint Basil

A tree is known

by its fruit;

a man by

his deeds.

~Saint Basil

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(apple pie - not yet cooked)

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

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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

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Location: Pima Air and Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona

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

defining knowledge ... Helen Keller

Knowledge is love 

and light and vision. 

~Helen Keller

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Location: Los Angeles, California

(7/28) subject to? Will Rogers

Everybody is ignorant, 

only on different subjects.

~ Will Rogers

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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

(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

(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

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Texas

(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

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Location: Nixon Library, California

(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

(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 ...

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

You can't know too much,

but 

you can say too much.

~Calvin Coolidge

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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

(3/6) Will Rogers on knowledge

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Everybody is ignorant,

just on different subjects.

~Will Rogers

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

 A wise man knows

 where courage ends

 and stupidity begins.

~Jerome Cady

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Location: Mesa, Arizona