#frank

Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didn't know. ↗

— Russell Baker

#barack obama #because #change #clearly #day

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office. ↗

— Karen Bass

#been #being #community #did #dream

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#ages #america #brought #civilization #columbus

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! ↗

— Anne Baxter

#frank lloyd wright #glamour #grandfather #his #lloyd

I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#approach #approaches #demonstrated #depression #fails

It was not easy to get all my questions answered, frankly. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#easy #frankly #get #questions

Without my Vulcan cat suit, Frankenstein wig and pointed ears, I don't get recognized. I love the fact I'm a shape shifter who can go unnoticed. ↗

— Jolene Blalock

#ears #fact #frankenstein #get #go