Ambrose Bierce Quotes

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

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• I have an obsession with fashion - it's another form of expression for me - and I have a growing collection of vintage clothes and jewelry. Being able to play dress-up for my career has been a gift.

  

  Karen Fairchild Little Big Town
  • Up
  • Career
  • Growing

• One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Important
  • Me
  • Religious

• I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.

  

  Flea Jane's Addiction
  • Best
  • Literature
  • Story

• We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

  

  Jack Reed
  • Army
  • Danger
  • Flexibility

• If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Walking
  • Sorry
  • Thank You

• On NBC, MSNBC and Hulu, you can size and cut clips to whatever length you want. Do online clips affect the TV market? I'm guessing not really.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Want
  • You
  • Size

• Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.

  

  Wayne Kramer
  • Anything
  • Cause
  • Symptom

• I don't think that left to its own devices, capitalism moves along smoothly and everyone gets treated fairly in the process. Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

  

  Tavis Smiley
  • Up
  • Free
  • Child

• We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • World
  • Political

• Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Success
  • Achieve
  • Fame

• Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen's basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Law
  • Sex
  • Inspired

• To be honest, a lot of ride-alongs are not that great. There might be one or two calls on the radio - not a lot - depending on what time you go.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Time
  • Great
  • Radio

• I wanted to make a home that was similar to the kind of home that my mother made. To be able to create something like that in my adopted city, New York City, one of the toughest cities on the planet, is really special.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Home
  • Mother
  • City

• I guess now music is so saturated and so microwaved. It's, like, 15 minutes in the microwave and boom, you've got something. Nobody's putting passion or any thought behind it anymore.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Music
  • Passion
  • Thought

• I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Up
  • School
  • Growing

• I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Character
  • Action
  • Problem

• I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.

  

  Harbhajan Singh
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Bad

• I go through my comments sometimes, and I'll just take snapshots of the terrible ones and send them to my friends. I know it's horrible, but they actually make me laugh. They make my day.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • Friends
  • Day
  • Laugh

• There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.

  

  Daniel Radcliffe
  • Up

• The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can't.

  

  Levon Helm
  • Life
  • Song
  • Breathe

• Female empowerment is always something that I've felt. It's not about just being a model; it's about women in general.

  

  Emily Ratajkowski
  • Women
  • Model

• I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through a similar thing that might need to hear it. I know music helped me a lot. And still does.

  

  Ashley Monroe
  • Music

• And by the time I reach 38 or 39, I'm asleep.

  

  Miriam Hopkins
  • Sleep
  • Lovers

• Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

  

  Ambrose Bierce