Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.
Aaron had seven siblings, including Tommie Aaron, who later played in MLB with him.
Hank Aaron's number 44 was retired by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1976.
Hank Aaron Quotes
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
On the field, blacks have been able to be supergiants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.
I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd be remembered forever. Now, I'll have to throw him another.
The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them.
I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling for him.
James Albert Michenerwas an American author of more than 40 books.
Michener began his writing career during World War II.
Michener was married three times. In 1935, he married Patti Koon. In 1948, they divorced, and the same year Michener married his second wife, Vange Nord.Michener met his third wife, Mari Yoriko Sabusawa, at a luncheon in Chicago
James A. Michener Quotes
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.
If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
Steve Jobs is best known as the co-founder,chairman and CEO of Apple Inc a leading Technology Company. Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was an American entrepreneur. Born: February 24, 1955, San Francisco Died: October 5, 2011, Palo Alto
Even though his operating system Apple Mac is less popular than Microsoft Windows, he is well known for his Innovation and Creativity in personal Computer Word.
His company Apple is leader in making/innovating mobile devices such as iPhone. Jobs was born in San Francisco and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California who named him Steven Paul. Jobs attended Cupertino Junior High School and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. He worked with Steve Wozniak as a summer employee at HP (Hewlett-Packard) in Palo Alto, California during his school days.
He is a drop out of Reed College. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak founded Apple. In 1984, Jobs introduced the Macintosh which became the first commercially successful small computer with a graphical user interface (GUI).
According
to him microsoft’s windows is just copy of the Mac. You can hear it
from the below YouTube video. This video is Commencement address by
Steve Job, delivered on June 12, 2005 at Stanford University.
This speech reveals his entire life which is surely an inspiration for any aspiring entrepreneur. He
talks about his early days, beginning of apple, exit from apple,
reentry into apple, about his other companies NeXT and Pixar which is
the most successful animation studio in the world.
And he talks about his struggle against cancer. He says “don’t waste the time living someone else’s life” and also says “There is no reason not to follow your heart”
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to
me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s
what matters to me.
I want to put a ding in the universe.
Innovation
has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple
came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on
R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how
you’re led, and how much you get it.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is
best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other
innovations.
You can’t just ask customers
what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get
it built, they’ll want something new.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.
Steve Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California, home around 3 p.m. on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer, resulting in respiratory arrest.He had lost consciousness the day before, and died with his wife, children, and sisters at his side.
Both Apple and Microsoft flew their flags at half-staff throughout their respective headquarters and campuses. Bob Iger ordered all Disney properties, including Walt Disney World and Disneyland, to fly their flags at half-staff from October 6 to 12, 2011.
His death was announced by Apple in a statement which read:
We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.
Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless
innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is
immeasurably better because of Steve.
His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our
hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary
gifts.
Drink plenty of water. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy....... #life #happiness
