Music in the Schools Month
“The study of music stimulates the creative mind and is a valuable part of every child’s education.”
– Carolyn Stanford Taylor
“Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human.”
– Jewel
“Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children’s education.”
– Yo-Yo Ma
Woman’s History Month
“Wherever women gather together, failure is impossible.
– Susan B. Anthony
“Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?”
– Lillian Hellman
“I am a woman and a warrior. If you think I can’t be both, you’ve been lied to.”
–Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
National Anthem Day – March 3
“When the national anthem is played, it is a time to reflect on the sacrifices made for our freedom.”
– fmstatistics.fm
“The National Anthem is a powerful symbol of national unity and pride.”
– fmstatistics.fm
Telephone patent granted to Alexander Graham Bell – March 7
“The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he’s speaking.”
– Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.”
– Ambrose Bierce
International Women’s Day – March 8
“A strong woman understands that the gifts such as logic, decisiveness, and strength are just as feminine as intuition and emotional connection. She values and uses all of her gifts.”
– Nancy Rathburn
“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”
– Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Barbie’s birthday – March 9, 1959
“If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?”
– Stephen Wright
Some of the Barbie collection which were controversial and recalled- Pregnant BFF Midge doll (2002), Share a Smile Becky doll in a wheelchair that couldn’t fit in Barbie’s dreamhouse lift (1997), Slumber Party Barbie which came with a scale set to 110 lbs. and a diet book that said “Don’t eat.” (1965), Totally Tattoo Barbie (2009)
Girl Scout Day – March 12, 1912
“I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.”
– Natalie Merchant
“Girl Scouts is such an iconic organization that it’s easy to overlook how daring an idea it was for founder Juliette Gordon Low to gather those first 18 girls in that troop in Savannah, Georgia. It was 1912, after all, and women wouldn’t earn the right to vote for another eight years.”
–Anna Maria Chavez
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17
“May the mist of Irish magic shorten every road and may your friends remember the favors you are owed.”
– Irish blessing
“Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.”
– Nora Roberts
First walk in space – March 18, 1965
“Anyone who sits on top of the largest hydrogen-oxygen fueled system in the world, knowing they’re going to light the bottom, and doesn’t get a little worried, does not fully understand the situation.”
– John Young, after being asked if he was nervous about making the first Space Shuttle flight in 1981.
“The view of Earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It’s a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is.”
– Sally Ride
First day of spring – March 20
“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.”
– Lilly Pulitzer
“Spring: a reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.”
– Unknown
“March is the month God created to show people who don’t drink what a hangover is like.”
– Garrison Keillor
“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.”
– Henry Van Dyke
Children’s Poetry Day – March 21
“Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes heroic virtues hereditary.”
– Walter Scott
“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”
– Robert Frost
National Teenagers Day – March 21
“Teenager: (noun) When you’re too young for half the things you want to do and too old to do the other half.”
– ar.imspiredpencil.com
“To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.”
– Dave Barry
“The scariest part of raising teenagers is remembering the stupid things you did as a teenager.”
– Whitney Fleming
“I love being a parent of teenagers. I mean, yes, there’s the hormones, the skin problems, the bad hair days, the crying, the mood swings. But enough about me. My kids are great.”
–Guilty Chocoholic Mama
National Nutrition Month
“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.”
– Michael Pollen
“Water is the most neglected nutrient in your diet, but one of the most vital.”
– Julia Child
“Those who think they have no time for healthy eating, will sooner or later have to find time for illness.”
– Edward Stanley
“Eat less from a box and more from the earth”.
– Anonymous
“Every time you eat or drink, you’re either feeding disease or fighting it.”
– Heather Morgan
“If cauliflower can become pizza, then you, my friend can do anything.”
– superfast diet
“Diet Day 1 – I have removed all the bad food from the house. It was delicious.”
– vectorstock.com
Nutrition labels should include “What if I ate the whole thing?” section.”
– Cool funny quotes