“The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will know what it is to experience life on undeveloped, unoccupied land in the same form and character as the Creator fashioned it... It is a great spiritual experience. I never knew a man who took a bedroll into an Idaho mountainside and slept there under a star-studded summer sky who felt self-important that next morning. Unless we preserve some opportunity for future generations to have the same experience, we shall have dishonored our trust.” KnowsMenImportantSelfCharacterSpiritualFormPurposeCertainNextOpportunityStarsFeltMorningGenerationsSkyLandSummerCreatorPreservesReasonableWildernessFuture GenerationUnbornVanishingSpiritual ExperienceIdahoGreat Spiritual Author:Frank Church
“I received a most amusing postcard the other morning. Unfortunately, it was not signed in a readable manner so I cannot answer it privately. But it comes from Moblie, Ala., and says: 'Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: You have not answered my question, the amount of Negro blood you have in your veins, if any.' I am afraid none of us know how much nor what kind of blood we have in our veins, since chemically it is all the same. And most of us cannot trace our ancestry more than a few generations.” IfsKnowsKindAnswersMorningKnow HowGenerationsBloodAmountRacismDearVeinsAmusingAncestryPostcards Book:Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: First lady of the world, her acclaimed columns, 1953-1962 Source: Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: First lady of the world, her acclaimed columns, 1953-1962
“Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.” WayLightAmericaMorningGenerationsHotCleverDawnNew Generation Author:John Ridley
“In every generation there are a few people who are authentically funny. The cosmetics change. You may not be able to articulate it, and you may laugh at them and get a certain amount of enjoyment. But when you're asleep at night, and you wake up at 3 in the morning, and you're alone in your bed, you know who's really funny.” PeopleKnowsMayAbleNightCertainMorningLaughingGenerationsAmountBedWake UpEnjoymentCosmetics Author:Woody Allen