American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Charles Milton Stine (1882-1954) was the director of Research for the E.I. Dupont Company. An organic chemist, he was a leader in the development of significant new products and patents, most of which were connected with propellant powder, high explosives, dyes, artificial leather, and paints. In the book he authored, titled, A Chemist and His Bible, Charles Stine stated: <The world about us, far more intricate than any watch, filled with checks and balances of a hundred varieties, marvelous beyond even the imagination of the most skilled scientific investigator, this beautiful and intricate creation, bears the signature of its Creator, graven...

Sam Rayburn (January 6, 1882-November 16, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Texas, 1912, reelected 24 times, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1940-1947; 1949-1953; 1955-1961. On March 20, 1955, upon the opening of a prayer and meditation room in the U.S. Capitol Building, Representative Sam Rayburn commented: <I do trust that there will not be a show made of this thing....Members in this room want to be alone with their God.> 1882SR001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1882SR001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Sam Rayburn, March...

William Temple (October 15, 1881-October 26, 1944) was the 98th Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44; Archbishop of York, 1929-42, and the bishop of Manchester, 1921-29. Active in social and economic matters, William Temple wrote in The Malvern Manifesto: <There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth, since all systems can be perverted by the selfishness of man.> 1881WT001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1881WT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Temple, in The Malvern Manifesto. John...

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881-January 21, 1959) was an American motion-picture producer and director. He was known for the originality and accuracy of his epic productions, which utilized spectacular crowd scenes and special effects. His best-known films include: Cleopatra; Union Pacific; The Crusades; The Sign of the Cross; Autobiography; The King of Kings 1927; Samson and Delilah 1949; The Ten Commandments 1923, remade 1956; and The Greatest Show on Earth, for which he won the 1952 Academy Award for best film. Born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Cecil B. DeMille was educated at Pennsylvania Military Academy and at the American Academy of...

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880-June 1, 1968) was an American author and lecturer. She overcame the tremendous obstacles of being both blind and deaf, due to a debilitating illness suffered at the age of two. Her parents took her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who recommended her to the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Boston. It was there, at the age of seven, that Anne Sullivan began tutoring her through the sense of touch, eventually teaching her to read Braille. Helen Keller attended Radcliffe College, where Anne Sullivan interpreted the lectures to her, and she was able to type...