Crime Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Destiny Excuse Failure Fool
“The path of destiny pulls you forward. It exhumes you from a state of being and propels you towards the juncture you were created… — Addison Moore Copy Share Image
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“Destiny appears to those who are willing to hear and act with honest purpose and good intent. ... Fate, however, discovers those who have… — Val Edward Simone Copy Share Image
“Blind to all fault, destiny can be ruthless at one's slightest distraction.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“I am incapable of a profound remark on the workings of Destiny. It seems to get up early and go to bed very late,… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
“Destiny is not something you choose. You can only choose to fulfill it or fail it” — Anton Troia Copy Share Image
Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny. — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Good destiny give little time to understand your mistake and change your self But Bad destiny lead you toward bad thing until you destroy… — Mohammed Zaki Ansari 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
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
