Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.

Ambrose Bierce

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NatureWaterOceanManWorldBody

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.

Jim Evans

MeTexasAmericanYearBackRights

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

Jill Lepore

WorldLearnYouCitizenKindergarten

Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries have gone. I hate children on planes. I'm very shallow, so they tend to be little things. To be honest, I think I was probably angry the day I was born, you know, about diapers or something.

Joan Rivers

AgeChildrenHateDayAngryMe

It's not very interesting to establish sympathy for people who, on the surface, are instantly sympathetic. I guess I'm always attracted to people who, if their lives were headlines in a newspaper, you might not be very sympathetic about them.

John Irving

PeopleSympathyInterestingYouWho

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself.

Maurice Baring

YourselfFunEnjoyYouPlaySerious

Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps.

Travis Kalanick

LearningMistakesFirstStepsThem

I was always into poetry and writing. So the urgency of spoken word is something that really has always appealed to me.

Mat Kearney

PoetryMeWritingUrgencyAlways

If you could really guarantee that the money would be spent on something more worthwhile, I'd say, absolutely, scrap the space program, but it never works that way.

Mary Roach

MoneySpaceYouSayWayNever

My 20s were a completely and utterly different time in my life.

Minnie Driver

LifeTimeMy LifeDifferentWere

I'm really into beaches, but I also enjoy a bit of culture. An ideal holiday would have a nice balance of the two, but I'm definitely not into adrenalin sports, nor would I enjoy spending a month solid on a beach.

Miranda Raison

SportsCultureBeachBalanceEnjoy

I used to be a video game freak, but I've kind of like eased back.

Ludacris

GameBackKindFreakUsedLike

You can't play a high school student forever, so at some point, I'm going to have to tear down that wall and tear off that wig and be me.

Liza Koshy

SchoolMeHigh SchoolYouWallPlay

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