Quote by Mary Todd

“The key to Lincoln's famous employment of humor is not that he failed to appreciate the tragic aspects of human existence, but rather that…

— Elton Trueblood

“Lincoln grinned. “The Academy owns a number of buildings. There are walkways between them.” I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky folk. “There…

— Jessica Shirvington

“The copy editors drank cheap beer and seemed kind of bitter. About everything. But Lincoln felt at home with them. They all read too…

— Rainbow Rowell

“Lincoln wasn’t prone to hysterical fits; if he thought the description of the missing girl matched that of their profile victim, she did. So…

— J.T. Ellison

“Lincoln said that “folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

— Orison Swett Marden

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. - Abraham Lincoln”

— Peter Atkins

“Lincoln, of course, was giggling at the moment of impact; Booth knowing the play Lincoln was watching by heart, chose a laugh Lin on…

— Sarah Vowell

“Lincoln had a masterful grasp of great subjects. He was able to look at events from all sides, so as to appreciate how they…

— Henry Ketcham

“Lincoln replied that he was more than willing to die, but that he had “done nothing to make any human being remember that he…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”   Abraham Lincoln”

— Rriiver Nyile

“If I didn't have Lincoln's butt to stare at the whole time, motivation would be a lot harder to come by.”

— Jessica Shirvington

“Mr. Lincoln gained influence over men by making them feel that it was a pleasure to serve him. He preferred yielding his own wish…

— Ulysses S. Grant