Horace Greeley pursues temperance to extravagance." Lord Acton

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.

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

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

Accept who you are

I studied his face, and as I did, I realized that he was studying me, our thoughts tangling in mid-air for a moment.

You're always looking to have a unique experience as an actor, and definitely, being punched by a puppet ranks as a singular experience in my career.

Ninety-eight per cent of actors who actually make a living do so in front of a camera.

It's nice to win. I'll never win again. I may have to take up golf - take on Tiger.

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.

I started acting when I was, like, three. My brother was really smart, and he wasnt being challenged enough, so my mom put him in the theater class. And I obviously followed him.

Most societies die of suicide, not attack.

I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation.