Lottery Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “A lottery is a tax on stupidity.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lottery Stupidity Taxes
The lottery is a tax on ignorance, and all the losers that play the game are paying the price for their stupidity. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think,… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We can applaud the state lottery as a public subsidy of intelligence, for it yields public income that is calculated to lighten the tax… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing… — Brian May Copy Share Image
as long as there is a lottery, we the people of the United States must believe in getting something for nothing. — Fay Faron Copy Share Image
When I do something stupid with money and lose it....I call that Stupid Tax. I have paid so much Stupid Tax that I am… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
Honestly so much money gets taken for taxes from contest winnings that you have to be smart with it. People think that because I… — Nyjah Huston Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to… — R. Scott Bakker Copy Share Image
“Wow wow wow is all I can say! Remember how I always buy lunchtime Scratch-Off ticket? Have I said? Maybe did not say? Well,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or… — Arthur Frederick Saunders Copy Share Image
Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I got lucky with that first Kid Rock record thing and then just to be able to do the solo thing - and to… — Uncle Kracker Copy Share Image
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can risk the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of what's wrong with you could be cured with a hot bath, says God from the bowels of the subway. but we… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
