Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.

Ambrose Bierce

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PatriotismNameReadyTorchRubbish

I don't look good in beige.

Joan Jett

GoodLook

The best thing I can say about 'Teen Wolf Too' is that it's the only time anyone ever referred to me as Preston Sturges. Leonard Maltin wrote that 'Teen Wolf Too' made 'Teen Wolf' look like Preston Sturges. I've always prided myself on that.

Jeph Loeb

TimeMyselfBestTeenMeWolf

I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.

John David Washington

TalentTryingFindKnowWantKind

I have an affinity for comedy because I like to watch them. It's an honor to make comedies because I love being able to pop something into the DVD player and laugh. I love doing it.

John Cho

LoveHonorLaughComedyDoingWatch

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Andre Gide

CourageManLoseNewSightShore

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

John Ortberg

SafetyRoadDrivingProcrastination

I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me, it's always instinctively been about sound making and trying to extract information, grammar, meaning from sound making. That's been my way of navigating reality that's very personal; a painter might say they make marks or look.

Max Richter

MeRestThinkRealityMeaningLook

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

FriendBestTravelWorldWilderness

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the entire state coalesces around. We don't have a pro team, so everybody's into the Razorbacks. Everybody's watching the Razorbacks on Saturday.

Matt Besser

TeamSaturdayUniqueKnowWatching

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

Donal Henahan

Real EstateRealNextEstateArtists

We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer.

Diane Ackerman

TimeShoppingTreesAestheticCattle

I think the great part about what I do is that there's a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There's a tangible score.

Tom Brady

GreatGameThinkEndPlanYou

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