Abraham Lincoln Quotes

It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

Men have no concept of how to design things for the home. Women should design the things they use.

We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

For a long time, I did feel aware that I wasn't pretty or bubbly enough. Nor was I sexy-looking.

Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.

Only with the honour thus acquired can we earn the respect of our other compatriots as well.

Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant.

The gay community has taken care of their issues and problems in terms of HIV/AIDS. They have done an incredible job. We as heterosexuals need to learn from the gay community because they have rallied together. They have sent a lot of information out there. They go get tested.

Dell's a company that has changed the IT landscape in making PCs and servers more affordable. There's enormous opportunities to make IT more accessible to tens of millions of companies, kind of democratizing the ability for companies to gain access to IT.

Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.

Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.'

The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.

As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.

Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning, things would quickly go awry.