“Based on what you know about him in history books, what do you think Abraham Lincoln would be doing if he were alive today?1) Writing his memoirs of the Civil War.2) Advising the President.3) Desperately clawing at the inside of his coffin.”
David Letterman
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
Albert Einstein
“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.”
Abraham Lincoln
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
“His book on Lincoln is not only a classic in the field ... it is a treasured resource,”
Doris Kearns Goodwin
“Looking at the way teams have run, I think Stevens is the favorite. Lincoln always runs well at the conference and our boys will be in the mix, too,”
Kim Richardson
“If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.”
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