“The cell was the first invention of the animal kingdom, and all higher animals are and must be cellular in structure. Our tissues were formed ages on ages ago; they have all persisted. Most of our organs are as old as worms. All these are very old, older than the mountains.” FirstsAgeAnimalHigherMountainStructureInventionKingdomsCellsOrgansWormsTissuesAnimal KingdomCellular Author:John M. Tyler
“The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American entitlement today. We want what we want, and we want it now. Easy credit. Fast food. A straight shot down the interstate from point A to point B. The endless highway is crowded with the kinds of cars large enough to take a mountain pass in high snow. Instead they are used to take children from soccer practice to Pizza Hut. In the process they burn fuel like there's no tomorrow. Tomorrow's coming.” WantFirstsKindChildrenCountryEnoughTodayUsedEasyProcessDarkPracticeCarPossibilityTomorrowPromiseFutureMountainShotsCreditEndlessSnowSoccerFuelHighwaysFrontiersCrowdedPizzaEntitlementFast FoodAftermathHutsInterstate Author:Anna Quindlen
“The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.” FirstsMountainHighestIntellectDawn Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land - no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships - just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees.” LifeFirstsSawsTreeLandMountainRiversShipsFlatsSiteOrangeCastlesRocketsDisneylandAcresGroveWalnutsWalnut Trees Author:Walt Disney
“Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are also necessary to the full and many-sided development of a fine race.” FirstsNaturalRaceFeetFineDevelopmentMountainConservativeForestsLakesCliffsBrooksFertilePlaygrounds Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt