Abraham Lincoln Quotes

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Abraham Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: president
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865

Topics

HistoryPastThinkPresentRiseNew

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

Jim Harrison

GenderHumanExistenceSeeFact

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

Jim DeMint

EducationChildrenHealthFoodCare

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

Andris Nelsons

GreatMeTraditionWantWithinTake

I lived in New York City, and when I was about 24 in the 1980s, I decided to get out of here. I wanted to go live in Australia for a year or something, and it ended up being 18 years.

John Curran

LiveNew YorkCityYearAustralia

It's no secret that the blogosphere is more vicious on women than it is on men.

Meghan McCain

WomenMenMoreSecretThanVicious

When I was in kindergarten, it took me like three months to learn how to spell my own name. But that's also not saying much considering I'm a terrible speller.

Matt Czuchry

MeSayingNameLearnThreeMy Own

In my life, I'm just looking for that life of integrity that my father had. I have a good heart; I'm not a heartbreaker.

Johnathon Schaech

LifeGoodFatherIntegrityHeart

I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.

Stellan Skarsgard

PeaceManWorldWhoBe A ManMost

I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.

Sienna Miller

AgeMyselfMenMeLegalHands

Women have had the power of naming stolen from us.

Mary Daly

WomenPowerUsNamingStolenHad

We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies... that is undesirable.

Jose Angel Gurria

ChallengesInequalityGreaterDealing

My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.

Denis Leary

GreatHumorGameHockeyThinkKind

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