Quotes

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.” Abraham Lincoln

“In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.” Abraham Lincoln

“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."” Abraham Lincoln

“With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.” Abraham Lincoln

“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.” Abraham Lincoln

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.” Abraham Lincoln

“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” Abraham Lincoln

“He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.” Abraham Lincoln

“Knavery and flattery are blood relations.” Abraham Lincoln

“Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.” Abraham Lincoln

“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.” Abraham Lincoln

“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.” Abraham Lincoln

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” Abraham Lincoln

“Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.” Abraham Lincoln

“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.” Abraham Lincoln

“Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.” Abraham Lincoln

“Some day I shall be President.” Abraham Lincoln

“To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.” Abraham Lincoln

“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.” Abraham Lincoln

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” Stephen Hawking

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change” Stephen Hawking

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.” Stephen Hawking

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.” Stephen Hawking

“God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.” Stephen Hawking

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.” Stephen Hawking

“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Stephen Hawking

“To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” Stephen Hawking

“Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.” Stephen Hawking

“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.” Stephen Hawking

“If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.” Stephen Hawking