Inspirational Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Lottery Math Mathematics Money People Taxes
“LOTTERY TICKET: a voluntary tax paid by people who are extremely bad at math.” — Roy H. Williams Copy Share Image
If I had inherited a fortune I should probably not have cast my lot with mathematics. — Joseph-Louis Lagrange Copy Share Image
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
“People who buy lottery tickets in vast amounts show themselves willing to pay much more than expected value for very small chances to win… — Daniel Kahneman 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
This is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. — Albert Einstein 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
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
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
