“July is a blind date with summer.” – Hal Borland
“It’s July and I have hope in who I am becoming.” – Charlotte Eriksson
“My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.” – Rick Bass
“Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” – Jenny Han
We can’t possibly have a summer love. So many people have tried that the name’s become proverbial. Summer is only the unfulfilled promise of spring, a charlatan in place of the warm balmy nights I dream of in April. It’s a sad season of life without growth…It has no day.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If I had my way, I’d remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.” – Roald Dahl
“Then came July like three o’clock in the afternoon, hot and listless and miserable.” – Allie Ray
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If June was the beginning of a hopeful summer, and July the juicy middle, August was suddenly feeling like the bitter end.” – Sarah Dessen
“July, with its days of blue skies and time that seemingly stands still, holds a special place in my heart.” – Daisaku Ikeda
“Autumn frosts have slain July.” – Lewis Carroll
Independence Day Quotes
“Independence now and forever!” – Daniel Webster
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation evermore!” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.” – Mac Thornberry
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.” – Frederick Douglass
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
“What was important wasn’t the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.” – Banana Yoshimoto
Best July Quotes
“Modern Architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grace by dynamite.” – Charles Jencks
July is hollyhocks and hammocks, fireworks and vacations, hot and steamy weather, cool and refreshing swims, beach picnics, and vegetables all out of the garden.” – Jean Hersey
“I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.” – Earl Weaver
“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.” – Unknown
“Let us live like flowers—wild and beautiful and drenched in sun.” – Ellen Everett
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” – Wallace Stevens
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“Girls just wanna have sun.” – Unknown
“Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.” – Hosea Ballou
“I’m sorry for the things I said when it was winter.” – Unknown
“Hot July brings cooling showers, apricots and gillyflowers.” – Sara Coleridge
“One of the middle ones in the flock, I was born on July 24, 1857, in the small Jutland town of Fredericia. In 1863, my father was transferred to Randers, another Jutland town, where a year later, at the age of six, I experienced the invasion of the allied Prussian and Austrian armies.” – Henrik Pontoppidan
“I drifted into a summer nap under the hot shade of July, serenaded by a cicada lullaby, to drowsy-warm dreams of distant thunder.” – Terri Guillemets
“No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.” – Mac Thornberry
“The summer looks out from her brazen tower, Through the flashing bars of July.” – Francis Thompson
“Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.” – Henry Rollins
“We cannot allow Afghanistan to become again a haven for terrorists who inspire, plan and provide support for attacks like those of 11 September 2001, of 7 July 2005 in London, and more.” – Bob Ainsworth
“In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.” – Anita Hill
“The Chicago Declaration on Women in the Catholic Church, drafted in July of 2015 by Catholics for Choice, stated that it imagined a church where ‘women are respected for their choices about their health, welfare, and lives.'” – Anthea Butler
“For several days in July of 2012, Greenland surface ice cover melted more than at any time in 30 years of satellite observation. During that month, an estimated 97% of the ice sheet thawed.” – Brian Schatz
“I don’t want to train for every contest the way I do for the Fourth of July. It would be impossible.” – Joey Chestnut
“The first time I visited Chennai was in 2013, July, I think. I came here to meet the director of my first Tamil film, Pa Ranjith for ‘Madras.’ We did a test shoot and I left the same evening. I didn’t get to explore the city much at that time.” – Catherine Tresa
“In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a similar job, I decided to forget about money and have a go at something I truly enjoyed. I’d purchased a semi-professional camera earlier that year and spent my free time taking photos in downtown Chicago.” – Brandon Stanton
“Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15.” – Ronald Reagan
“There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early July and the song of crickets on summer humid nights and the rivers that run and the stars that rise and the rain that falls and all the good things that a good God gives.” – Ann Voskamp
“In Scotland, where we were shooting in June and July the weather was so unpredictable. We would start the shoot on a bright, sunny day and within an hour it would turn cloudy and start raining heavily.” – Supriya Pathak
“Bulgaria is a true friend of Israel, that stood up to save the Jewish people 70 years ago in Europe, and who stood by throughout the terror attack that took place in Burgas last July.” – Shimon Peres
“I spent the afternoon of Sunday 9 July, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing the PlayStation. In the evening, I went out and won the World Cup.” – Andrea Pirlo
“I couldn’t tell you my wedding anniversary (although I seem to remember it was in June. Or maybe July. Definitely a month beginning with a ‘J,’ anyhow. But not January. Um. I think) and people I went to school with get extremely fed up with me when I bump into them in the street and have absolutely no recollection of their faces.” – Claudia Winkleman
“I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don’t have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It’s always fun.” – James Lafferty
“Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.” – Neil Armstrong
“The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.” – Camila Alves
“When I became the CEO of Burberry in July 2006, luxury was one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world.” – Angela Ahrendts
“I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about.” – Jeffrey Hunter
“My life, I realize suddenly, is July. Childhood is June, and old age is August, but here it is, July, and my life, this year, is July inside of July.” – Rick Bass
“I was born in August, no July, 1908.” – Satchel Paige
“If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It’s for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.” – John Madden
“Every July, I look forward to taping a Christmas show – in July in Nashville. In 98-degree weather. I love it.” – Larry the Cable Guy
“While my brother Sultan and I studied in England, my mother Naseem Banu would take us for a holiday to Europe in our vacations which began sometime in July and from there, she would always bring us to India without fail. She was insistent that we never lose track of our Indian values.” – Saira Banu
“At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.” – Allen Johnson
“The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.” – John Buford
“Every Fourth of July, our Declaration of Independence is produced, with a sublime indignation, to set forth the tyranny of the mother country and to challenge the admiration of the world. But what a pitiful detail of grievances does this document present in comparison with the wrongs which our slaves endure!” – William Lloyd Garrison
“Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That’s respect for local culture.” – Raj Thackeray
“I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.” – Ron Kovic
“I was born about 80 years too late. If you were a kid in 1910, the Fourth of July was a big deal. You knew all about the Revolution, and you still had Civil War veterans.” – Clive Cussler
“I am convinced that the Obama administration and Clinton Dynasty would rather hail the Communist Manifesto than the Declaration of Independence this Fourth of July. And there’s more than enough proof to show how they have been slow-cooking our Founders’ republic into a red-star state like China.” – Chuck Norris
“If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, ‘We’d like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve, but you’re never allowed to discuss any economics after you leave,’ I’d have said, ‘Forget it.’ What do they want me to do? Become an anthropologist?” – Alan Greenspan
“When I entered the field in July 1958 I believed what they told me about radiation risks. I spent much effort reducing the dose to patients in radiology.” – John Cameron
“What to the Slave is the 4th of July.” – Frederick Douglass
“ESPN wouldn’t allow any columnist to publish a piece saying this is the greatest July 4th in American history because the Supreme Court has protected unborn children and gun rights. If any editor even pitched this idea, he or she would be fired.” – Clay Travis
“Any football player will tell you that in July you get this dark cloud over you if you know camp’s coming.” – Chris Long
“I have always had a certain aversion to heat. And for me, the name of the game on the stage is ‘beat the heat.’ It’s always July under the lights.” – Bob Weir
“May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.” – Samuel Freeman Miller
“In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can’t drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that’s just what you do, abandoning the car.” – Mary Quant
“I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I’d been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.” – Art Donovan
“On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two.” – Daniel Boone
“During the whole campaign, from June 27 to July 31, there has been no shirking or hesitation, to tiring on the part of a single man so far as I have seen; the brigade commanders reported none.” – John Buford
“The people took to the streets in July 2018 to demand change. I heard you. That’s why I chose an electoral rival – notary public Jean Henry Ceant – as my prime minister.” – Jovenel Moise
“After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the Fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.” – Rick James
“In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.” – Carl Spitteler
“Because it flew without a pilot, the D-21 was designed to fly over territory where the U.S. was denied access and to take photographs of weapons facilities from altitudes as low as 1,500 feet. But the project was canceled on July 30, 1966, after a fatal accident at sea during the drone’s first official launch.” – Annie Jacobsen
“The Fourth of July observes one of the most seismic shifts in human history.” – Chad Wolf
“You’ve gotta understand: in July of ’44, the Allies were still contained on the peninsula in western France and the destruction of Europe had not really begun. War had not really touched the European continent at that point.” – Christopher McQuarrie
“In July and August, when everyone I know is at the beach, I am cooking through turkey, potato, and pie recipes for Bon Appetit’s November issue.” – Chris Morocco
“First I wanted number seven since my roll number in school was seven. But, someone was already wearing jersey number seven. Then a BCCI manager said I should take 18 since my birthday is on 18 July. At that time, I didn’t know that Virat Kohli also wears number 18.” – Smriti Mandhana
“The Montreal Olympics were in July 1976, the bicentennial, at the height of patriotism.” – Caitlyn Jenner
“The crowd loves a record, and if they’re gonna be standing out there in crazy, blistering heat on the 4th of July, I mean, if they’re doing it, I may as well try and give them a record.” – Joey Chestnut
“I left the army in like July of 2010 and I didn’t start MMA until 2013.” – Megan Anderson
“France has been struck on the day of her national holiday – the 14th of July, Bastille Day – the symbol of liberty, because fanatics denies human rights, and France is their target.” – Francois Hollande
“I would sign on for projects that were meant to shoot in July, and then they would be postponed and they would bleed into the following semester, and then I’d take a semester off, and then the movie would collapse.” – Claire Danes
All About July: History, Weather, Famous People, and the Power of Quotes
July’s Weather: As the heart of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, July brings warm to hot temperatures. Averages typically range from the low 70s (°F) to the high 80s (°F), with some regions experiencing heatwaves exceeding 90°F. The Southern Hemisphere enjoys its winter in July, with cooler temperatures and potential snowfall in some areas.
Famous July Birthdays:
- Politics: Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Nelson Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary), George W. Bush (43rd US president)
- Showbiz: Tom Hanks (actor), Sandra Bullock (actress), Jackie Chan (actor/martial artist), Ringo Starr (musician)
- Writers: J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter series), Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice), C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia)
- Poets: Maya Angelou, Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost
- Warriors: Genghis Khan (Mongolian emperor), Joan of Arc (French military leader)
- Sportspersons: Michael Jordan (basketball), Serena Williams (tennis), Jackie Robinson (baseball)
Sharing Quotes in July (and Beyond):
People love sharing quotes because they offer:
- Emotional Connection: Quotes can resonate with our feelings, offering comfort, joy, or inspiration.
- Romantic Gestures: A well-chosen quote can uniquely express love or affection.
- Smiles & Laughter: Humor-filled quotes can brighten someone’s day.
- Motivation & Inspiration: Powerful quotes can push us to achieve our goals and dreams.
- Courage & Strength: Quotes can remind us of our inner strength and resilience.
How to Share Quotes:
- BlessingQuotes.org: This (or a similar website) offers a vast collection of quotes categorized by theme.
- Social Media: Share quotes on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
- Handwritten Notes: A handwritten note with a meaningful quote adds a personal touch.
Famous Historical Events in July:
- July 4th, 1776: The United States Declaration of Independence is signed.
- July 14th, 1789: The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille prison.
- July 20th, 1969: Apollo 11 lands the first humans on the Moon.
The Power of Quotes:
Sharing quotes can bring joy, comfort, and inspiration to ourselves and others. They can motivate us to pursue dreams, overcome challenges, and live a fulfilling life. By sharing quotes, we can create a ripple effect of positivity, encouraging others to do the same.
