Sovereign Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Alien - an American sovereign in his probationary state.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Sovereign
“According to a group of New England college students, writing in the year 1920, an alien was the following: "A person hostile to his… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“As the alien, everything about this life is new to you. You look around—what do you see? What is this person who you’ve inhabited… — Jen Sincero Copy Share Image
In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. — Rudolf Arnheim Copy Share Image
Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What was alien was being ordinary, being humdrum, being trapped into appeasing...having to crush and stifle my opinions, not being allowed to be brilliant,… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
A man who gives himself to be a possession of aliens leads a Yahoo life, having bartered his soul to a brute-master. He is… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“As alleged in Article I, he has unilaterally and in violation of the Constitution conferred amnesty on several categories of illegal aliens, which categories… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
“it bears mention that “illegal” is a misnomer: crossing into or remaining in the United States without proper authorization is not a crime, but… — Ian Haney López 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
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The emerging church movement has come to believe that the ultimate context of the spiritual aspirations of a follower of Jesus Christ is not… — Samir Selmanovic Copy Share Image
It is the habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can negate everything of that part of me that lives on vague nostalgias, except this desire for unity, this longing to solve, this… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were not actually… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
If you support the war on drugs in its present form, then you're only paying lip-service to the defense of freedom, and you don't… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Money power cannot be separated from democratic power without miscarriage and ensuing frustration - political and economic. Democracy implies the sovereignty of man; and,… — E.C. Riegel Copy Share Image
