At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

The author said Frederick Douglass described himself as a "graduate" of slavery with the marks of his diploma on his back.

Only a writer "with Bennett's craft and brass could manage to praise and insult his readers at the same time.

Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.

I have not done enough for effect." Horace Greeley

James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The mid-19th century was noted for a partisan, rather than a consensus press, but this partisanship was able to turn out voters consistently.

Superficial and emotional subject might sway undecided voters.

We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley

Lincoln said his spiky hair had "a way of getting up in the world".

The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape your life's been squeezed into.

We Create God, Mankind's Nature.

Laughter and joy are part of the beauty of life.

A lot of my shows in the past have been more theatrical than others, but you really get the bug for it when you direct on stage.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.

You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity.

The more I learn about myself, the more I understand you.

It's not the most normal life in the world, but I screw up plenty of times to be a normal teenager.

The less you talk, the more time you have for the essential things.

I have a lot of Jordans, a lot of Nikes, a lot of Blazers.