Different places Quote by Ron Chernow

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production…

— A. N. Wilson

“And again, there was little help forthcoming. Minnesota had a new Republican governor, John Sargent Pillsbury, cofounder of the flour-milling enterprise that would eventually…

— Caroline Fraser

“That machine’s a great invention!” he said. “Other folks can stick to old-fashioned ways if they want to, but I’m all for progress. It’s…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“When I closed the door Grandmother was already seated at her spinning wheel. Her foot was on the treadle but her eyes were thoughtfully…

— Kathleen Kent

“Tinkerers built America. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, all were tinkerers in their childhood. Everything from the airplane to the computer started in…

— Mark Steyn

When water power then steam power were harnessed to spin and weave cloth, a cottage craft turned into an industry overnight.

— Alain Dehaze

“It was getting to be the 1930s. It was a hurting time, and the farm people almost couldn't give the cotton away. The value…

— Isabel Wilkerson

If there is one thing clear about the centuries dominated by the factory and the wheel, it is that although the machine can make…

— Henry Beston

“250,000 men and women who worked in the mills are history. Some died, some became disillusioned, others simply lost their minds. Many committed suicide,…

— Hussain Zaidi

Spinning yarns is a protection against the nuttiness... the greed, the hate all around us.

— John D. Voelker

Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.

— David Lloyd George

“He went with olive green, because it almost matched his borrowed coat, which was tan. He chose pants with flannel lining, a T-shirt a…

— Lee Child