[Franklin Delano] Roosevelt was the central world figure in the two great disasters of this century - the Great Depression and World… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Instead, Franklin found “a good and faithful helpmate” who was frugal and practical and devoid of pretensions, traits that he later noted… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty:… — Ruth Ann Minner Copy Share Image
My introduction of Whitney was that if there's going to be one performer for the next generation who combined the beauty and… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
Franklin's illness...gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The government is now in a position to do what Franklin D. Roosevelt did during the Great Depression of the 1930s -… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I think Democrats made a mistake running away from liberalism. Liberalism, uh, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John and Robert Kennedy - that's… — Theodore C. Sorensen Copy Share Image
And of course, FDR was very charming. At 6'2", he was tall enough to be her beau, and they made a beautiful… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
Lincoln was able to say, you know, "It will make me very unhappy if I lose the presidency, but I'm committed to… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
“ She discovered in a series of beautifully executed researches the fundamental distinction between carbons that turned on heating into graphite and… — J.D. Bernal Copy Share Image
[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and humility--and made… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom… — Richard Trumka Copy Share Image
When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it as… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
In this country kings or dukes don't amount to nothing. The greatest man around then was Franklin D. Roosevelt, and he was… — Billie Holiday Copy Share Image
Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer: The bottom dropped out of my… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If Obama's vision of the public sector is socialism, then so too were the visions of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman,… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
I think she [Rosalind Franklin] was a good experimentalist but certainly not of the first rank. She was simply not in the… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
There are a lot of writers from the South who would probably have once figured they needed to go to New York… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
It would be easy to assume that the open letter is a symptom of the Internet age. Such is not the case.… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I am in love with old school funk and soul music. That's what I grew up listening to, and I want to… — Raini Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, Those things that hurt instruct! I realised… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis… — Chet Faker Copy Share Image
I would trade all the advantages of humanity to be a fly on the wall when Franklin and Jefferson discussed liberty, Lenin… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Franklin said once in one of his inspired flights of malignity-- Early to bed and early to rise Make a man healthy… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A President Roosevelt comes only once in a century. I believe God knew and does know of the need of the world… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
The coolest gift I've ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a… — Josh Turner Copy Share Image
There are plenty of Minutemen. People willing to be Minutemen. Where are the people that want to be George Washington? Where are… — Beck Copy Share Image
So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman… — John O'Hara Copy Share Image
How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint!… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money. — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change. — Pete du Pont Copy Share Image
![“[Benjamin Franklin]identified thirteen virtues he wanted to cultivate--temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity and humility--and made a chart with those virtues plotted against the days of the week. Each day…” quote by Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb9/gretchen-rubin-867_character_benjamin-franklin-identified-thirteen-vi_1250862.jpg)
![“[Franklin Delano] Roosevelt was the central world figure in the two great disasters of this century - the Great Depression and World War II. By contrast, JFK came in relatively peaceful, agreeable times.” quote by John Kenneth Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/989/john-kenneth-galbraith-643_century_franklin-delano-roosevelt-was-the-centra_1653091.jpg)
![“I think she [Rosalind Franklin] was a good experimentalist but certainly not of the first rank. She was simply not in the same class as Eigen or Bragg or Pauling, nor was she as good as Dorothy Hodgkin. She did not even select DNA to study. It was given to her. Her theoretical crystallography was…” quote by Francis Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/francis-crick-8439_average_i-think-she-rosalind-franklin-was-a-good_1215256.jpg)
![“He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d6d/winston-churchill-95_airmen_he-president-franklin-d-roosevelt-died-i_698617.jpg)
