February 23: Notable Births and Deaths, with Quotes
Let’s explore notable birth and death anniversaries for February 23.
Michael Dell, businessman and philanthropist (February 23, 1965–present)
“I want people to have a real sense for the importance of taking risks — and don’t feel like you’ve got to follow every rule that’s out there.” —Michael Dell
Guglielmo, Connie. “Michael Dell says the key to winning is being unafraid to take risks.” CNET, October 11, 2021, https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/michael-dell-says-the-key-to-winning-is-being-unafraid-to-take-risks/.
“I have this deep-seated belief that a lot of people don’t realize their full potential because they’re too afraid to fail and too afraid to make mistakes.” —Michael Dell
Guglielmo, Connie. “Michael Dell says the key to winning is being unafraid to take risks.” CNET, October 11, 2021, https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/michael-dell-says-the-key-to-winning-is-being-unafraid-to-take-risks/.
“We’ve had this glimpse of the future, and I don’t think we’re going to go back at all to the way it was. We’ve all figured out that work is something we do, it’s not a place. There can be places where we congregate together to collaborate or be together in person, because we like that interaction and social connection, but hybrid work is here to stay.” —Michael Dell
Guglielmo, Connie. “Michael Dell says the key to winning is being unafraid to take risks.” CNET, October 11, 2021, https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/michael-dell-says-the-key-to-winning-is-being-unafraid-to-take-risks/.
Marc Garneau, politician and astronaut (February 23, 1949–present)
“When you look out at your own planet and see absolutely out-of-this-world incredible views of entire subcontinents, you begin to appreciate what the world is really like.” —Marc Garneau
CBC. “Marc Garneau, live from space.” CBC Digital Archives, 1985, https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/marc-garneau-live-from-space.
“From a scientific point of view, a critical mass of interest has shifted towards Mars, and a lot of countries are interested in exploring it. I think it would be a pity if Canada wasn’t in that group.” —Marc Garneau
CBC. “Marc Garneau describes mission to Mars.” CBC Digital Archives, https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/marc-garneau-describes-mission-to-mars.
“Mars is the most similar planet to our planet within our solar system. In fact, by learning about Mars, we may in fact be seeing what will evolve down here on planet Earth in the future.” —Marc Garneau
CBC. “Marc Garneau describes mission to Mars.” CBC Digital Archives, https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/marc-garneau-describes-mission-to-mars.
John Quincy Adams, former U.S. president (July 11, 1767–February 23, 1848)
“America, with the same voice which spoke herself into existence as a nation, proclaimed to mankind the inextinguishable rights of human nature, and the only lawful foundations of government. America, in the assembly of nations, since her admission among them, has invariably, though often fruitlessly, held forth to them the hand of honest friendship, of equal freedom, of generous reciprocity.” —John Quincy Adams
Adams, John Quincy. “July 4, 1821: Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives on Foreign Policy.” UVA Miller Center, July 4, 1821, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/july-4-1821-speech-us-house-representatives-foreign-policy.
“To respect the rights of the State governments is the inviolable duty of that of the Union; the government of every State will feel its own obligation to respect and preserve the rights of the whole.” —John Quincy Adams
Adams, John Quincy. “March 4, 1825: Inaugural Address.” UVA Miller Center, March 4, 1825, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-4-1825-inaugural-address.
John Keats, poet (October 31, 1795–February 23, 1821)
“I have been half in love with easeful Death, call’d him soft names in many a mused rhyme, to take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die.” —John Keats
Keats, John. “Ode to a Nightingale.” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44479/ode-to-a-nightingale.
“I send my herald thought into a wilderness: There let its trumpet blow, and quickly dress my uncertain path with green, that I may speed easily onward, thorough flowers and weed.” —John Keats
Keats, John. “From Endymion.” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44469/endymion-56d2239287ca5.
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.” —John Keats
Keats, John. “From Endymion.” Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44469/endymion-56d2239287ca5.
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