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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917 – 1963) (November 5, 1963). JFK, as he was commonly known, served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.”
William Cuthbert Faulkner (1897–1962) was an American writer who wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays. He is one of the most celebrated writers in American literature, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for his fictional works.
“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”
John Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 1940 – 1980), was an English musician, singer and songwriter, and a founding member of the Beatles – the most commercially successful, and arguably the most influential and most celebrated band in the history of popular music.
“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), was an American author and humorist. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers alike. A bit of trivia: Twain was born about two weeks after Halley’s Comet streaked by the Earth (perihelion) and he often predicted he would go out with it. He said he would be disappointed if he did not. On the day after Halley’s Comet returned to pass the Earth in 1910, Mark Twain died.
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
– John Adams (1735–1826) in a letter to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780. John Adams was the second President of the United States after serving as the first Vice President under George Washington. One of the founding fathers of the United States, Adams was a statesman, a diplomat, and a leading advocate of American independence, having assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Dame Jane Morris Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall) is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, she spent years living with Tanzanian chimps to observe their behavior. At a time when most “experts” believed apes lived a simple and primitive life in the wild, Dame Goodall found highly intelligent, emotional creatures living in complex social groups, and documented their ability to make and use tools – shattering the belief chimps were only passive vegetarians.
“Those who can’t change their minds, can’t change anything.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright and socialist, and a co founder of the London School of Economics. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 60 plays, almost always dealing with social problems, but with a comedic flair that makes his work enduring and compelling.
“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson (1928 – 2014) was a renown and prolific American writer who, in a career spanning more than 50 years, wrote autobiographies, essays, poetry, plays, movies and television shows. She achieved international acclaim with her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, published in 1969.
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950), an English novelist, journalist and essayist was most well-known by his pen name, George Orwell
“The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.”
Brian Patrick Herbert, an American author born in 1947 and the elder son of science fiction writer, Frank Herbert. The quote is from his work Dune: House Harkonnen (2000).