Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.

I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.

Find your noble purpose and defeat any residue of fear.

Love does not always end well.

There are only two reasons to farm: because you have to, and because you love to. The ones who choose to farm choose for love.

Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.

While strides are being made in the social-media space, the newspaper and news business should continue to embrace social media.

Without a customer, you don't have a business - all you have is a hobby.

Art is about communication. Art that lasts through the ages works symbolically. It triggers feelings and experiences that we've all had.

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

There seems to be more comedy for comedy's sake