Narrative Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Narrative Stories Storytelling Untrue
STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The stories are what no one wants to talk about. So you make up a story because no one is going to tell you… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
It's only a story, isn't it?"... "Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story? — David Eddings 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
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
If you do weave one-liners into a story, you have to have an overall story as well, otherwise it doesn't really count as narrative. — Tim Vine Copy Share Image
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds. — Deborah Kass Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end. — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
The narrative needs to change. Asian-American actresses don't want to be the damsels in distress anymore. We don't want to be saved, especially by… — Jamie Chung Copy Share Image
John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of our finest… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
A digital director shouldn't be out front, but a campaign manager's job is to set a narrative. — Brad Parscale Copy Share Image
It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living here that… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of the future of literature. I think literature will be around "forever" - but in a relatively niche… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
