July 2024 - This Day in Quotes

Cold War Elia Kazan I coulda been a contender July 28 Marlon Brando May 19 McCarthyism Movie Quotes On the Waterfront

“I coulda been a contender!”

When On the Waterfront was first released to American movie theaters on July 28, 1954, the film’s director, Elia Kazan, was worried about how well it would do on opening…

as American as apple pie Barack Obama George Zimmerman H. Rap Brown (a.k.a. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin) Historical quotes idioms July 27 Kerner Commission (National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders) Lyndon B. Johnson Phrase origins Political quotes Sixties Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Trayvon Martin Violence is as American as cherry pie

As American as apple pie, cherry pie – and violence…

Apple trees are not native to America. They originated in Central Asia and were grown in Asia and Europe long before European colonists brought them to North America. However, as…

bimetallism Business and economic quotes Historical quotes Political quotes William Jennings Bryan You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold

“You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”

July 9th is the anniversary of one of the most famous political speeches in history, the “Cross of Gold Speech” by William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925). Bryan, one of America’s most…

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“I never promised you a rose garden.”

THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMOUS LINE: “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” Hannah Green (pen name of Joanne Greenberg; 1927–1996) American author Title of her 1964 novel This novel, first published on April…