Tony's Garden

“Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” ― George Washington Carver Birthdays: 1864  John Jacob Astor IV, Astor built the Astoria Hotel, “the world’s most luxurious hotel”. 1884 John Francis Larchet, Irish composer and teacher. The Wheelwright, and…

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” ― Henry David Thoreau Birthdays: 1675 Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, Italian cellist and composer. Concerto a più istrumenti, Op. 5: No. 6 in D major, III. Ciaconna 1817 Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. 1854 George Eastman, Inventor and Founder of…

“Culture is the ability to store, exchange, and improve ideas.” ― Peter H. Diamandis Birthdays: 1810 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor. 1811 William Robert Grove, Welsh physicist and inventor of the first fuel cell. 1834 James McNeill Whistler, American-British painter. 1837 Paul Lacombe, French composer. Dialogue sentimental, and Aria, and Sonate, Op.100 1899 E. B. White,…

“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.” ― William Blake Birthdays: 1638 David Teniers III, Flemish painter and tapestry designer. 1723 William Blackstone, English jurist, justice and Tory politician. 1759 Sophia Maria Westenholz, German singer, composer, and educator. Theme and Variations 1830 Camille Pissarro, Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist…

“To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.” ― Yamamoto Tsunetomo Birthdays: 1766 Jacob Perkins, American inventor (father of the refrigerator). 1802 Thomas Davenport, American inventor (invented 1st commercial electric motor). 1819 Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. 1839…

“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” ― Carl Gustav Jung Birthdays: 1593 Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Baroque painter. 1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, German composer. All My Heart This Night Rejoices 1757 Richard Wainwright, English composer. Quartet No.4 (II) 1821 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter. 1838  Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of the Zeppelin…

“Belief gets in the way of learning.” ― Robert A. Heinlein Birthdays: 1690 Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer. Trio c moll 1860 Gustav Mahler, Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer. Symphony No.4, 4th movement Das Himmlische Leben 1880 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventer of the bread-slicing machine. 1907 Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer,…

“Thoughts that have important consequences are always simple. All my thinking could be summed up with these words: “Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.” It’s as simple as that.” ― Leo Tolstoy Birthdays: 1632 Albert Schop, German composer. Ach dass diel Hulfe 1638 Gerrit Berckheyde,…

“There are two methods, or means, and only two, whereby man’s needs and desires can be satisfied. One is the production and exchange of wealth; this is the economic means. The other is the uncompensated appropriation of wealth produced by others; this is the political means.” ― Albert Jay Nock Birthdays: 1654 Antonio Maria Pacchioni,…

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” ― Thomas Paine Birthdays: 1669 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish sculptor. 1694 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist and composer.…