When reading stories, some lines just stick with the readers. It is realized that these lines then are applied to many situations, and eventually they become famous quotes. Later those quotes are compiled into lists of quotes. Then some quotes will just stick with the readers. The readers begin to analyze the quotes to see how it could be interpreted into the society of the times.
Andrew Carnegie, Albert Einstein and Ben Herbster are responsible for some of the famous quotes.
Andrew Carnegie, around 1900, said "To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one." This quote may be interpreted into the society of the twenty-first century. Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in the town of Dumfermline, Scotland. He is the son of Margaret and Will Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie also had a younger brother named, Tom. In 1848, the Carnegies moved to Pittsburgh in the United States. Andrew Carnegie begins his first job as a bobbin boy. He made his way up to clerk for the factory. Carnegie, in 1859, was promoted to superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroadıs western division.
Later on in his life, Carnegie invested in oil, steel, and coke. Carnegie returned to his hometown with his mother in 1881 and donated a library to the town. Carnegie caught typhoid in 1886. 1919, Andrew Carnegie died in Shadowbrook. In his whole life, he gave away $350,695,653. $30,000,000 was given away in his name after in death.
When Andrew Carnegie made this quote in 1900, he had envisioned the world to progress further then it has today. We still kill but in a far different manner than known in the days of Andrew Carnegie. Killing a man outside of a military war is considered disgusting, but killing a man in war is justifiable. When killing a man during a military war, it is no longer done face to face. It is possible that a person may be half a world away and still be responsible for killing hundreds of men. Today there is such great technology that makes this possible.
Watching old trends be brought into the lifestyle of today is always interesting for people of all ages. Albert Einstein must have known that styles work in a cycle when he said, "I donıt know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth world war will be fought with stone clubs."
Albert Einstein was born in 1879. His parents were named Hermann and Pauline Einstein. The family originally lived in Ulm, Germany. At the age of ten, Einstein started his education by himself. Albert Einstein stayed in Munich when his family moved to Pavia, Italy. Later he moved to Pavia to be with his family. In 1900, Einstein, now twenty-one, graduated from the ETH (the Federal Polytechnic). Albert Einstein submitted his first paper titled, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies." His famous equation e=mc was discovered at this time also. He was now twenty-six years old. In 1915, The General Theory of Relativity was completed.
Einstein won the Noble Prize in physics for 1921. Einstein and his wife moved to the United States in 1933. He was able to get a post at the Institute for Advanced Study. Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to warn of atomic bombs and nuclear war. Albert Einstein died on April 16,1955. It is truly amazing how Albert Einstein so many years ago could see that life would be a cycle of fashions, lifestyles, and technologies.
The basics of life are always present in our lives today, but today there is much more technology. Though in order to be what we are or will become, we must remember the basics and what were the foundations. Ben Herbster said, "The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become." Herbster, a man of great understanding, knew that many people would never actually become what they fully can. Most people would rather be comfortable with what they have become than to risk losing it to find something better.
Ben Herbster was the president of the United Church of Christ (U.C.C). In 1967, the U.C.C. wanted to change the laws of the draft. Dr. Ben Herbster dealt with the issues brought on by other churches and fundamentalist groups. Herbster also started a society called The Society of Stephen. The society supports United Church Homes. Members must donated one hundred dollars or more a year. An award was also named after Herbster. The Ben Herbster Award is given to individuals who best demonstrate the philosophy, leadership, philanthropic spirit, and achievements of Rev. Dr. Ben Herbster.
People spend much time in their lives dreaming and hoping that they will be all that they want to be. Yet, many never become all that they could have been. During the time between what we are and what we will become, we try to find a place where we are comfortable. Many become content being there, and then they will never take the risk to find out what they could be. Once content, the idea of finding out what is out there to become, no longer is a desire. People need to remember what it was like as a child to dream. This time when they dream, people need to make that dream happen. They should not waste away just being what they are instead, they need to become what they can.
Interpreting quotes into readersı feelings and applying the quote to the times of the readers can teach a person a lot. Many people live everyday by these quotes. A quote and an interpretation may save or change a personıs life. Ben Herbster, Albert Einstein and Andrew Carnegie provided many quotes to the public. Many quotes spoken by these three men still stir emotion in people.