Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Abraham Lincoln: My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never ... | Citatis

My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work.

Abraham Lincoln

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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

E. M. Forster
- Great
- Men
- Man
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

Abbas Kiarostami
- Work
- Marketing
- Selfish
There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.

Mao Zedong
Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.

Ian Hacking
Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.

Manoj Bhargava
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.

Gary Sherman