I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life -- but there was no one to tell me.
Source: In Words to Make My Dream Children Live, by Deirdre Mullane, 1995.
-- George Washington Carver, ( 1864-1943), US chemist, educator; He was a noted agricultural researcher who discovered many industrial uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.