Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

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• Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Man
  • Always
  • Fool

• I am a registered Democrat and two-time unsuccessful candidate for office.

  

  Jack L. Chalker
  • Democrat
  • Candidate
  • Unsuccessful

• Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?

  

  Viktor Orban
  • You
  • Without
  • Consent

• If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • True
  • Man
  • Friend

• Probably the earliest memories for me would be going to restaurants with my family.

  

  Alexander Wang
  • Family
  • Memories

• When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.

  

  Bernie Mac
  • Up
  • Night
  • Comedy

• There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.

  

  Alan Mulally
  • America
  • Small

• It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

  

  John Hines
  • Life
  • Death
  • Light

• Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there.

  

  Jean Alesi
  • Today

• Harry Dresden: In McAnally's pub and grill, there aren't any service people. According to Mac, if you can't get up and walk over to pick up your own order, you don't need to be there at all.

  

  Jim Butcher
  • People
  • Up
  • Service

• The wisdom of the Lord is infinite as are also His glory and His power. Ye heavens, sing His praises., sun, moon, and planets, glorify Him in your ineffable language! Praise Him, celestial harmonies, and all ye who can comprehend them! And thou, my soul, praise thy Creator! It is by Him and in Him that all exist.

  

  Johannes Kepler
  • Power
  • Soul
  • Wisdom

• Some people don't have a way of that catharsis and I do, so I'm lucky in that sense that people listen to my songs and enjoy my songs. It's a really important thing for me, it's how I channel everything. I don't really know what I'd do if I didn't write songs.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • People
  • Important
  • Writing

• People who are used to constant attention and flattery become inured to the merely pleasant and become "peak seekers." They expect the highs, and when their unrealistic goals or expectations are not met, they are not simply disappointed, they are devastated.

  

  Victoria Secunda
  • People
  • Attention
  • Goals

• Why was it the hot mean girls always ran in packs, like hyenas?

  

  Rachel Caine
  • Why
  • Girls
  • Hyenas

• It's a wonderful way to have a role on a series - you're not tied down totally and completely to a schedule.

  

  Lee Meriwether
  • Way
  • Role
  • Series

• I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • Years
  • Watches
  • Admire

• We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich.

  

  Bernard Goldberg
  • American
  • Beautiful
  • Honor

• I've been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address global challenges in healthcare and education.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Life
  • Education
  • Focus

• It is not always the most brilliant speculations nor the choice of the most exotic materials that is most profitable. I prefer Monsieur de Reaumur busy exterminating moths by means of an oily fleece; or increasing fowl production by making them hatch without the help of their mothers, than Monsieur Bemouilli absorbed in algebra, or Monsieur Leibniz calculating the various advantages and disadvantages of the possible worlds.

  

  Noel-Antoine Pluche
  • World
  • Mother
  • Science

• Everyone asks for freedom for himself, The man free love, the businessman free trade, The writer and talker free speech and free press.

  

  Robert Frost
  • Freedom
  • Writer
  • Businessman

• Its very important that people know that I really enjoy everything that has happened to me. And I tell my kids... youre not going to be the tallest, fastest, prettiest, the best track runner, but you can be the nicest human being that someone has ever met in their life. And I just want to leave that legacy that being nice is a true treasure.

  

  George Foreman
  • People
  • Important
  • Kids

• No, they had most of their guys before they won the national championship.

  

  Bob Stoops
  • Guys
  • Championship

• Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Revolutions
  • Deceived
  • Backward