Call On His Birthday

*Lovely phone-able quotes for
Alexander Graham Bell's birthday
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'America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men'... (ha!)

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
(did he invent indoor tanning? ;-)
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

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Trivia:

Bell designed & successfully tested the 1st wireless telephone
in 1880, a full 15 years before Marconi’s 'breakthru' in radio.

But nobody's perfect... Hate those airport lines?

Bell's partly to blame; also invented metal detectors.

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To My Delight He Came

Mabel & hubby Alexander Graham Bell
(ha - inventor of the phone married MaBel :)

My post-title comes from Bell's famous notebook ( actual page) where he talks about Watson and the first telephone call. As handy as that invention is, we're not talking about that part right now.

Instead, a Theme Thursday Bell quote:

'Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone, and following one after the other like sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally...'

He took his own advice and began inventing kites.

...at age 60, & throughout the rest of his life.

*some of these lifted men off the ground easily


And some were made of silk, no less

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Bell's adage means to me:

There are always new things to try.
So we'll never be bored.

Amen to that.

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Click this kite for a website that sells a few multi-faceted kites that are based on Bell's designs. Since I have no bell at home, instead I'll fly one to honor Barry's last chemo!
Spring Fever, anyone? ;-)

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