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King Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
- A miracle is an act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an…
- ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as…
- MAJESTY, n. The state and title of a king. Regarded with a just contempt by the Most Eminent Grand Masters, Grand Chancellors, Great Incohonees and…
- KING, n. A male person commonly known in America as a "crowned head," although he never wears a crown and has usually no head to…
- QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
- OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to…
- OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. The King of Ghargaroo, who had been abroad to…
- LORE, n. Learning --particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or…
More King Quotes
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a… — Saint Augustine
- I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for… — Michele Bachmann
- The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt
- As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules… — Annie Besant
- Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. — Ambrose Bierce
- Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them… — Mark Bittman
- The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson… — Dennis C. Blair
- But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was… — Andre Agassi
- Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. — Constantin Brancusi
- Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man. — Jeff Bridges