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High Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
- Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
- Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study…
- OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without…
- The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly…
- BRAIN, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think. That which distinguishes the man who is content to be something from the man…
- Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing.
- NOBLEMAN, n. Nature's provision for wealthy American minds ambitious to incur social distinction and suffer high life.
- PROJECTILE, n. The final arbiter in international disputes. With the growth of prudence in military affairs the projectile came more and more into favor, and…
- MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name…
- PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called…
- MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
- The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors.
- TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an…
- PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes…
- YESTERDAY, n. The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age. But yesterday I should have thought me blest To stand…
More High Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight,… — Hank Azaria
- That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth. And that… — Julian Assange
- The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can… — Chinua Achebe
- I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good… — Diane Ackerman
- Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. — Diane Ackerman
- Just advertising departments with legs and high heels. — Richard Avedon
- If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a… — David Axelrod
- I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters… — Dan Aykroyd
- My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to… — Jensen Ackles