Critics Quote by Ambrose Bierce

They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.

— Imelda Marcos

“[F]amiliarity with traditionally hallowed writings tends to breed, not indeed contempt, but something which, for practical purposes, is almost as bad - namely a…

— Aldous Huxley

The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me.

— Rosa Bonheur

Soon equates to good, later to worse, Uagen Zlepe, scholar. Therefore, immediacy.

— Iain Banks

“It often happens that in situations of unrestraint, where there is no thought of the eye of criticism, real feeling glides into a mode…

— Thomas Hardy

Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“I have entered upon a performance which is without example, whose accomplishment will have no imitator. I mean to present my fellow-mortals with a…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

— Sarah Silverman

The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation.

— Anais Nin

Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless…

— Neal A. Maxwell

Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.

— Evelyn Waugh

I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.

— Imelda Marcos