Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
Subject:
Boredom   
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Doubt is the father of invention.
Subject:
Doubt   
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PRESENT, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
Subject:
Sarcasm   
Source: Devil's Dictionary
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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
Subject:
Humor   
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UGLINESS, n. A gift of the gods to certain women, entailing virtue without humility.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes   
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Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Subject:
Humor   
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Subject:
Quotations   
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What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country.
Subject:
Politics   
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While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.
Subject:
Sarcasm   
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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
Subject:
Manner   
Computers   
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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
Subject:
Knowledge   
Ignorance   
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Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
Subject:
Sarcasm   
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Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes   
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Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
Subject:
Sarcasm   
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Doubt begins only at the last frontiers of what is possible.
Subject:
Doubt   
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History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Subject:
History   
Propaganda   
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EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.
Subject:
Sarcasm   
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Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Subject:
Humor   
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
Subject:
Opinions   
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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Subject:
Democracy   
Politicians   
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