In the biting January cold of 1776, as colonial taverns hummed with uneasy talk of rebellion and loyalty to the Crown still tugged at many hearts, a slender 47-page pamphlet slipped into the world like a spark into dry tinder. Its author, an obscure English immigrant with a failed corset-maker’s past and a gift for […]
You must be pretty smart yourself– to make it this far. The Misattributed Quote: “The Measure of Intelligence Is the Ability to Change” One of the most popular modern inspirational quotes—“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”—is routinely credited to Albert Einstein. A very similar version, “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to […]
I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. President Reagan’s best known quotes “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If […]
Einstein Loved Bicycles Albert Einstein, the wild-haired wizard who unraveled the universe, had a surprisingly simple philosophy for staying upright in it: keep pedaling. In a letter to his son Eduard on February 5, 1930, the 51-year-old physicist dropped one of his most enduring one-liners. The original German reads: “Beim Menschen ist es wie beim Velo. […]
G. Michael Hopf said (or rather, wrote) this quote in his 2015 post-apocalyptic novel Those Who Remain (Book 7 in The New World series). The full, original version he included is: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” This quote is often paraphrased […]
The man who said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), often called Teddy or T.R., was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. He became the youngest president in U.S. history at age 42 after the assassination of William McKinley, having previously […]
“You don’t stop riding because you’re old… You get old because you stopped riding”— This quote echoes through the lycra sanctuaries of road cycling lore and is no mere motivational sticker on a bike frame. It has a keen, philosophical history, tempered in the same crucible as the watts that drive us along endless ribbons […]
Biker Philosophy The quote that echoes through the leather-and-chrome cathedrals of biker lore—”You don’t stop riding because you’re old… You get old because you stopped riding”—is no mere bumper-sticker slogan. It is a sharp, philosophical blade, forged in the same fire as the engines that propel us down endless black ribbons of asphalt. Far from […]
Roosevelt Quotes and Bio Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945—the only president elected to four terms. A distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, FDR graduated from Harvard and Columbia Law School, entered […]
Winston Churchill’s retort to Labour MP Bessie Braddock in 1946 In the dim corridors of the House of Commons one weary evening in 1946, the air thick with the echoes of postwar debates, Winston Churchill—the once undisputed leader of England, fresh from his electoral defeat and now the grizzled Leader of the Opposition—shuffled toward the […]
Short Answer: Peter Pan from the movie “Peter Pan.” Peter Pan Movie Fun Facts Disney (1953) Here are some of the most popular quotes from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. We’ve ranked them roughly by popularity, focusing on the top 10 “Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look […]
Yes, Ronald Reagan Said It. President Reagan’s best known quotes “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. […]