Abraham Lincoln Quotes

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

Abraham Lincoln

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FamilyPrideLearnWealthDownBoy

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

Jennifer Lopez

PeopleMeStupidNameYouI Can

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.

John Ortberg

LifeTimeSinWorshipContextWaste

A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song.

John Wozniak

GreatSongPlayNeverWhich

My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty, my research was based on his work on altering chromosomal complements in mouse embryos.

Robert Edwards

WorkIdeasResearchEarlyFirstHis

Music comes to me more readily than words.

Ludwig van Beethoven

MusicWordsMeMoreThanReadily

I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.

Joshua Lederberg

MeStopKnowSomethingFactSubject

Do I wish I was Martin Scorsese? Yeah. But am I really proud of the movies I've made and really happy that I get to keep making them? Yes.

Jonathan Levine

HappyProudWishMoviesI WishYes

I could see it wasn't going to be easy. I couldn't give a franchise to any old greasy spoon. And I knew the chicken had to be cooked the way I told them to cook it if it was going to be as popular as it could be.

Colonel Sanders

EasyChickenWayOldSeeGoing

I think of talent as being God-given. I know that contradicts what a lot of people believe, but that's how I see it. I think the Beatles were meant to be, you know? So when I listen to Paul McCartney, I think, 'Here's the person that God gave the gift of allowing him to write 'Let It Be.'

Brandon Flowers

GodTalentPeopleBelieveGiftYou

I can't believe that people actually know my first and last name. I think it's really, really, gosh-darn neat.

Brittany Murphy

PeopleBelieveThinkNameKnowLast

We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.

Alfred de Vigny

LoveThinkFindTrueFabulousTwo

Now I can't wait to write my next play.

Scott Caan

WaitPlayNowWriteNext

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