My father, the practical joker, did not care for practical jokes on himself; he did not encourage the practice in me.
Lincoln SteffensMy mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.
Lincoln SteffensThe Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it.
Lincoln Steffens