Geography Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Geography Teaching War Way
Americans don't need a metaphor for war. We have war. If anything, we use war as a metaphor for sports. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men. — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
“Religious laws, in all the major religious traditions, have both a letter and a spirit. As I understand the words and example of Jesus,… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's… — Robert Dallek 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
I'd had a French education for three years, my father being in the army. From 9 to 12, I went to French school. I've… — Charlotte Rampling Copy Share Image
Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
The fake Zionist regime will disappear from the landscape of geography. — Ali Khamenei Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
The border is varied depending on the geography, depending on the specific venue, and depending on the conduct of individuals around it. We don't… — Alejandro Mayorkas Copy Share Image
You want a lesson? I'll give you a lesson. How about a geography lesson? My father's from Puerto Rico. My mother's from El Salvador.… — Jennifer Esposito Copy Share Image
A lot of the reason I left New York, in addition to being so broke, was that I just felt I was becoming provincial… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
Because everybody is so ADD and everybody is trying to move the plot so fast, there's very little sense of geography in movies anymore.… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The great thing about cinema is that it's a great binder. It brings people from across the world together, often erasing the lines between… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries. — Brian Andreas Copy Share Image
While the distance between the United States and Iraq is great, Saddam Hussein's ability to use his chemical and biological weapons against us is… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
