Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

Ambrose Bierce

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• I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Time
  • Different
  • Family

• The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Up
  • Way
  • Looking

• I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.

  

  Barry Hannah
  • Practice
  • Road
  • Boy

• You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.

  

  T-Pain
  • Hate
  • TV
  • Britney Spears

• They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have been women, you know, Sonia Gandhi for heaven's sakes in India.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • Women
  • Know
  • Heaven

• Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Reading
  • Daily
  • Forget

• Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Moral

• Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.

  

  Jack Welch
  • World
  • Job
  • True

• But I'm trying to play into this role as much as possible and be a nicer person in real life.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • Life
  • Real
  • Trying

• For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Time
  • Long
  • Women

• President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.

  

  Ralph Hall
  • Freedom
  • Support
  • Government

• If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

  

  Carl Levin
  • Learning
  • Democracy
  • Chance

• I once saw a lump of Greenland breaking off into the sea and moving south, which of course will affect the atmosphere and us generally, and it'll happen more and more.

  

  Ralph Steadman
  • Moving
  • Sea
  • Happen

• Even if I wouldn't wear something myself, I think I know how women feel, how women want to look. I can really relate to women, I get on very well with women... Some women don't. I want to empower women, make women feel the best version of themselves.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Women
  • Myself
  • Best

• You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones.

  

  Dale Earnhardt
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Moment

• For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Trying
  • Friends
  • House

• For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Life
  • Perfect
  • Stories

• What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Change
  • Religion
  • Revelation

• The success of the storytellers - we're only as good as what we can withhold from the audience. Aspects of surprise and letting things play out for the audience - it's so much a part of their enjoyment. It's one of the great things about working in the movies and being a great storyteller.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Good
  • Great
  • Success

• I do radio gigs, three-minute spots, solo shows, so I still get plenty of practice at the sniper attack - me at a piano or with a guitar, having to win people over fast.

  

  Andy Grammer
  • People
  • Practice

• This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.

  

  Ferdinand Foch
  • Peace

• We are fans because the game also appeals to our local pride, our pleasure in thinking of ourselves as, yes, Americans but nonetheless different from residents of other towns, other states, other regions.

  

  John Thorn
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Game

• In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul.

  

  Jerzy Kosinski
  • Soul
  • Light
  • Rain

• Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

  

  Ambrose Bierce