Abe's Quotes

#1. History remembers Abe's towering intellect but forgets that, in those days, he was more towering than intellectual.

Seth Grahame-Smith

#2. By mid-November, his protests notwithstanding, whiskers began sprouting from his face. A few weeks later, his assistant private secretary, John Hay, approvingly punned: Election news Abe's hirsute fancy warrant - Apparent hair becomes heir apparent.44

Harold Holzer

#3. The walls he's built around himself will crumble, and some really diabolical developments will push him toward the answers he fears.

Scott Allie

#4. Under the spell of the mighty Carpathians, with the breath of her creation blowing over her heart, Amalia's Gift splintered. She was given two futures: one dark, one bright, the same mortal lover pulling her two-handed into each.
Every step she took lured her closer to the dark.

Shana Abe

#5. My name is Abe Marcus. Ned and I are identical twins. We look exactly alike. Even Ma and Pa can't tell us apart. But we don't act alike. I am the serious twin. Maybe it's because I am two minutes older.

R.L. Stine

#6. The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

Shinzo Abe

#7. Never let anyone steal your inner peace because it's too costly to obtain and much too priceless ever to replace.

Timothy Pina

#8. I am a patriot. I would think there are no politicians who are not patriots. Since I am a politician, I often get criticized as I try to exercise what I believe to be right. However, if you mind such criticism, I think you can't protect people's lives.

Shinzo Abe

#9. What in heaven's name was the real essence of this beauty? Was it the precision of nature with its physical laws, or was it nature's mercilessness, ceaselessly resisting man's understanding?

Kobo Abe

#10. In My Life, I've Been Through Some Pretty Low Valleys & Some Beautiful Mountain Tops. Yet ... Through all my happy & sad days,If I learned One Thing In My Life It's That What An A Extremely Awesome God I Serve!

Timothy Pina

#11. You do speak." It came out as an accusation.
"When there's someone around worth speaking to.

Shana Abe

#12. So, I want to try to spend more time with Dad."
Abe glanced at Rose."You see that?" He said. "Now that's devotion." She rolled her eyes at him.

Richelle Mead

#13. Japan's beautiful seas and its territory are under threat, and young people are having trouble finding hope in the future amid economic slump. I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.

Shinzo Abe

#14. Sometimes there's no logical solutions with life's problems. All you can do is have faith that it will get better and truly believe.

Timothy Pina

#15. Be in it to win it. As long as the sun shine's so can you. Your best days are foreword ahead and never behind!

Timothy Pina

#16. Positive thought waves Can Work Wonders ... It's Called Mind over matter. Start Projecting The life you Want To Live & Then Go Out and Live It!

Timothy Pina

#17. Suddenly a sorrow the color of dawn welled up in him. They might as well lick each other's wounds. But they would lick forever, and the wounds would never heal, and in the end their tongues would be worn away.

Kobo Abe

#18. When it's over...ring the bell. It's over!

Timothy Pina

#19. Abe shook his head, and now the smile was gone altogether. "That's not the reason either. Don't lie to me little girl."
I felt my hackles going up. "And don't interrogate me, old man.

Richelle Mead

#20. There are all kinds of life, and sometimes the other side of the hill looks greener. What's hardest for me is not knowing what living like this will ever come to.

Kobo Abe

#21. Clinging to one's outward appearance interferes with living.

Kobo Abe

#22. Chris Teasley came on. She said, "Um, Agent Corte." "Officer Corte," I corrected. My organization is an office, not a bureau or an agency. When Congress gave Abe the money that's what he created.

Jeffery Deaver

#23. In the end ... hatred will consume, divide and destroy even the strongest of nations. It's devastating powers has destroyed in the past & still can destroy today.

Timothy Pina

#24. My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.

Gregory Peck

#25. I think they're very attractive,' Abe agreed. 'I just don't think they're attractive, that's all.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#26. Sometimes I often wonder: What would happen in our world, if all of humanity's children threw a revolution of love & kindness instead of war, hate & violence?

Timothy Pina

#27. If others try to blame you for their own negative energy, let it go and forget about it! It's their problem ... not yours!

Timothy Pina

#28. Nature with her wealth of birds and flowers, Has in her heart a place for every weed; For her quick eyes require no microscope To note the varied wonders and delights That the Creator's humblest works possess.

Kobo Abe

#29. Was this all part of your plan as my lawyer? I don't recall explosive escapes being part of the legal training."
"Well, I'm sure it wasn't part of Damon Taru's legal training.

Richelle Mead

#30. Sand, which didn't even have a form of it's own. Yet, not a single thing could stand against this shapeless, destructive power. The very fact that it had no form was doubtless the highest manifestation of its strenght, was it not?

Kobo Abe

#31. It's a real handicap to have a face with shifty eyes.

Kobo Abe

#32. Its as if God cruised through one of those Chinese fast-food buffets and bought Abe the full meal dealso he can pass for Mama's beloved son. When it came to my turn, all that was left was one of those soggy egg rollsthat doesn't qualify as real Chinese food.

Justina Chen

#33. I don't think there is any point in continuing writing. Since I have neither killed nor been killed, there's nothing further to explain. (Box Man, p. 38)

Kobo Abe

#34. When someone talks bad about you, it's probably that they have nothing good to say about themselves. Just ... forget about it!

Timothy Pina

#35. Green makes me think of silence, or maybe it's loneliness. I get the feeling of a terribly distant star.

Kobo Abe

#36. Never give up. Always find a reason to keep trying.There's always a million reasons to do so!

Timothy Pina

#37. Most fathers don't threaten to disembowel their daughter's boyfriends."
"That's not true. And anyway, that's not what I actually said. It was much worse.

Richelle Mead

#38. Decide to live your life by faith. You can't see the air you breath but you never doubt it's existence.

Timothy Pina

#39. Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?

Shinzo Abe

#40. On the murder of New York deli owner Abe Lebewohl: It's almost like wiping out Carnegie Hall. A sandwich to a Jew is just as important as a country to a Gentile.

Jackie Mason

#41. I didn't ask you to catch me!"
"You're so delightful when you're irrational. Of course I'm going to catch you." He slid a hand behind her nape and kissed her again. "It's what I do.

Shana Abe

#42. Your true power lies in how you respond to life's curves. Your best choice of course ... is to always keep your joy

Timothy Pina

#43. The future of Japan's economic growth depends on us having the willpower and the courage to sail without hesitation onto the rough seas of global competition.

Shinzo Abe

#44. I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.

Shinzo Abe

#45. Deep down inside all of us, there's an eagle ready to take off to new adventurous heights. Always let your soul soar as high as it will.

Timothy Pina

#46. Abe said something interesting. He said that because everyone's so poor these days, the '90s will be a decade with no architectural legacy or style- everyone's too poor to put up new buildings. He said that code is the architecture of the '90s.

Douglas Coupland

#47. Think positive thoughts, be kind to others, help those you see in need ... there's always something you can do each day to help brighten humanity!

Timothy Pina

#48. -Well, what happens with the River of Hades in the end?
-Not a thing. It's an infernal punishment precisely because nothing happens.

Kobo Abe

#49. If You Constantly Procrastinate Over The Things You Need To Do To In Your Life ... You Can't Blame Anyone But Yourself. Many Can Lead You To Water But It's Up To You To Drink!

Timothy Pina

#50. For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.

Abe Fortas

#51. Abe swept in, resplendent in a gray and yellow suit that coordinated bafflingly well with Adrian's paint job.

Richelle Mead

#52. If your mind keeps telling you that something's wrong, believe it ... something is

Timothy Pina

#53. Life Is As Good As You See It ... So Open Up Those Eyes And Enjoy The View!

Timothy Pina

#54. You mean in the state?

Abe Lemons

#55. Keep hope alive in your heart & say no to fear. Look forward to tomorrow's sunrise as the winds of change come near!

Timothy Pina

#56. The purpose of life is to find your purpose. Run a marathon, sail oceans, cross deserts, climb the highest mountain but find yours!

Timothy Pina

#57. A joyful heart, keeping a positive mind, helping those in despair ... all leads to the roads building a better you!

Timothy Pina

#58. learn the past, learn today achieve tomorrow

Abe

#59. Humanity ... Let Us Pray For PEACE. Peace In Our World and Peace Deep With in Our Souls. Now May We Try And Live That PEACE Each Day.

Timothy Pina

#60. I am wed now. My husband is Zane. I'm sorry.

Shana Abe

#61. It seemed Abe Vigoda's career was done until he was pronounced dead in print.

Audie Cornish

#62. Never keep your blessings all to yourself. Share them with those who need and you will receive more.

Timothy Pina

#63. Your words contain great power. So declare that you will prosper despite every difficulty that you may encounter in your life. You are not here just to survive ... So overcome and thrive!

Timothy Pina

#64. Taking the right roads leading out of your past to better land ... brings you to a brighter future!

Timothy Pina

#65. I have never heard any of your lectures, but from what I can learn I should say that for people who like the kind of lectures you deliver, they are just the kind of lectures such people like. Yours respectfully, O. Abe.

Artemus Ward

#66. I have always dislike people who live by the motto "It's my way or the highway" We live in a free nation called America and not some freaking dictatorship!

Timothy Pina

#67. For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would.

Sydney Pollack

#68. You can teach taste, editorial sense, but the ability to say something funny is something I've never been able to teach anyone.

Abe Burrows

#69. Well, it sure as hell weren't no tree-climbin' horse. (Jack to Abe)

Seth Grahame-Smith

#70. I have learned one lesson as a writer ... keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today ... may be used for other books tomorrow.

Timothy Pina

#71. Nothing is so awkward as a demonstration of humanity by the enemy.

Kobo Abe

#72. If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.

Oprah Winfrey

#73. Poverty and mistakes are setbacks but you should never allow them to make you give up on your dreams.

Timothy Pina

#74. Sitting beside Abe was Adrian Ivashkov
my more-or-less boyfriend. Adrian was a royal Moroi
and another spirit user like Lissa. He'd been crazy about me (and often just crazy) ever since we first met

Richelle Mead

#75. I swear I will do everything in my power to change the situation in Tibet where human rights are being suppressed. Tibet seeks freedom and democracy and we agree on those values.

Shinzo Abe

#76. Other than the fact that I'm entirely sick of Mexican food, Abe might be in there. And he might accidentally-on-purpose drop a plate of enchiladas into Harlin's lap if we're together.

Suzanne Young

#77. Life wouldn't be easier or not easier. Aren't both generalizations logically impossible? Since there's no correlation, there can be no comparison.

Kobo Abe

#78. Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I will prepare myself. And my time will come." And you know, that's exactly what I said about myself and football - What do you think? Were Abe and I both just lucky ducks?

Deacon Jones

#79. It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

Kobo Abe

#80. MARIA MADE A LIST of things she would never do. She would never: walk through the Sands or Caesar's alone after midnight. She would never: ball at a party, do S-M unless she wanted to, borrow furs from Abe Lipsey, deal. She would never: carry a Yorkshire in Beverly Hills.

Joan Didion

#81. If I learned one thing in life it's:
Some people think kindness is a weakness and will always try to take advantage of kind hearted people. Don't let them.

Timothy Pina

#82. Why did one have to put up a hue and cry about anything so trifling as the skin on one's face, which, after all, was only a small part of the human capsule?

Kobo Abe

#83. One hundred thirty years after Abe Lincoln, re Republicans have got the anti-black vote and it's bigger than any Democratic Presidential candidate can cope with.

John Updike

#84. Japan will change. Let's create a country where innovation is constantly happening, giving birth to new industries to lead the world, when I visit Silicon Valley I want to think about how we can take Silicon Valley's ways and make them work in Japan.

Shinzo Abe

#85. And so, one bit one's nails, unable to find contentment in the simple beating of one's heart ... one smoked, unable to be satisfied with the rhythm of one's brain ...

Kobo Abe

#86. Got Compassion? You Should...It's FREE!

Timothy Pina

#87. In the last five years I used to go to Zen practice once a month, but since I assumed the post of prime minister it's been much harder.

Shinzo Abe

#88. I've been in a long-distance relationship for years," Abe said.
"It's really challenging."
"With who?"
"With whom. And with you, Featherstone. I'm in a relationship
with you, but you're a long distance from being in a relationship with
me back.

John Green

#89. Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.

Wilferd Peterson

#90. Life's a daily work in progress. Always move forward reaching new goals. Hit a road block? Keep calm & stay strong.

Timothy Pina

#91. Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas Jeffersons, George Washingtons, a couple of Susan B. Anthony's, Roosevelts, Hamiltons, a Sacajawea or two, and an Abe Lincoln to cover Scalia in full.

Elayne Boosler

#92. I won't trouble you long," said Maricara. "No doubt you have all manner of pressing plans to consider. Spies to engage. Betrayals to enact. That sort of thing."
"Only on Sundays," Kim replied. "It's Tuesday. We're discussing stealing sweetmeats from small children today.

Shana Abe

#93. There's a word for this in English," he mused, still soft. "I can't recall it. I've made you a ... a fallen women. Yes?"
"Yes," I agreed, still smiling. "Thank you ever so much."
"It's been entirely my pleasure," he said in Romanian, and I turned my face into his sleeve and began to laugh.

Shana Abe

#94. Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.

Abe Fortas

#95. Hello," I said stiffly.
His smile split into a full grin."So nice to see you again."
"Always a pleasure." My lie sounded robotic, but hopefully it was better than sounding afraid.
"No,no," he said. "The pleasure's all mine."
"If you say so,"I said.

Richelle Mead

#96. My basic notion regarding the matter of historical recognition is basically, it's a matter that should be left to the good hands of historians and experts.

Shinzo Abe

#97. Life's not about making mistakes because we all do. But you must always learn and rebound from your mistakes to catapult yourself to a better life!

Timothy Pina

#98. What's going on?" he demanded.
"The usual, old man," I replied cheerily. "Danger, insane plans ... you know, the stuff that runs in our family.

Richelle Mead

#99. Since the start of the Abe administration, we resumed peace treaty negotiations with Russia, which had lapsed during the three years of the Democratic Party of Japan administration.

Shinzo Abe

#100. There's no way around it. Integrity is everything. You either have it or you just don't!

Timothy Pina