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Everything Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.
- A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
- Definition: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
- I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is very mechanical and predictable, but love, you can't catch it.
- PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.
- MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before,…
- optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.…
- Idiot - A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is…
- Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is…
- OPTIMISM, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.…
More Everything Quotes
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- I tend to think that there is a sophistication to everything at 'Saturday Night Live,' including the sketches. — Fred Armisen
- I don't like LA. The majority just seem to be so artificial. Look at how they worship everything they think is fashionable.… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn! — Victoria Abril
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor