Abraham Quotes

Judge us not equally, Abraham. We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others. (Seth Grahame-Smith)
God said, Abraham Kill me your son. Abe said, Man you must be puttin' me on. God said No, and Abe said What God said, You can do what you want, Abe, but next time you see Me comin' man, you better run. Abe said, Where you want this killin' done God said, Out on Highway Sixty-One. View quote
Bob Dylan
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later. View quote
Corrine Brown
For our part, we shall continue to work for the new dawn when all the Children of Abraham and their descendants are living together in the birthplace of their three great monotheistic religions, a life free from fear, a life free from want - a life in peace. View quote
King Hussein
It's been a very old thing for people to gather together and laugh at stuff. The first comedian in America really was Abraham Lincoln ... He used to go to a pub near where he lived and stand in front of the fire and he packed the place every night and he would just talk and bust everybody in their guts. He was just a hilarious speaker and that's what he did. View quote
Louis C.K.
When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs,he forgot the copperheads and the assassin . . .in the dust, in the cool tombs. View quote
Carl Sandburg
This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening performances and one matinee. By an odd coincidence, it ran just five performances too many. View quote
Dorothy Parker
Many of the Bible characters fell just in the things in which they were thought to be strongest. Moses failed in his humility, Abraham in his faith, Elijah in his courage, for one woman scared him away to that juniper-tree; and Peter, whose strong point was boldness, was so frightened by a maid, as to deny his Lord. View quote
Dwight L. Moody
It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show. View quote
Kurt Vonnegut
Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn. View quote
Shams Tabrizi
How many kids are in the Graveyard?" "A bunch." "Who sends your supplies?" "George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget." "How often do you receive new arrivals?" "About as often as you beat your wife. (Neal Shusterman)
Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see. View quote
Seth Grahame-Smith
Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead. View quote
Seth Grahame-Smith
Libertarianism, the political philosophy of rugged individualism, ought to hold a natural appeal to tolerant, anti-statist, free-trade conservatives who deplore the turn taken by the party of Abraham Lincoln toward racial prejudice, authoritarianism, and mercantilism. View quote
Jacob Weisberg
If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history. View quote
Bo Bennett
Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force. so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example. AZ Quotes. View quote
Zhu Rongji
Abraham wasn't perfect. He failed, made mistakes. But, he would go back, get right with God, and then just keep moving forward. He didn't quit when things got hard. He just kept on going. And everywhere he went, God was there. God was with him. View quote
Anne Graham Lotz
But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned he might make the expiation required. View quote
Adam Clarke
I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter. View quote
Burton Richter
The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level. View quote
Ed Rollins
I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh. (Hanoi Hannah)
Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war. View quote
Kitty Kelley
Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed to them from God without any intervening help of the church. View quote
William Ames
In the time of the First Manifestation the Primal Will appeared in Adam; in the day of Noah It became known in Noah; in the day of Abraham in Him; and so in the day of Moses; the day of Jesus; the day of Muḥammad, the Apostle of God; the day of the ‘Point of the Bayán'; the day of Him Whom God shall make manifest; and the day of the One Who will appear after Him Whom God shall make manifest. Hence the inner meaning of the words uttered by the Apostle of God, ‘I am all the Prophets', inasmuch as what shineth resplendent in each one of Them hath been and will ever remain the one and the same sun. View quote
Báb
Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine. View quote
Sidney Sheldon