Fortune Quote

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Fortune Quote #900

AMBIDEXTROUS, adj. Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a
left. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Monday, January 19, 2015

ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have
their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot
separately plunder a third. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's
Dictionary"

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Fortune Quote #898

"Consistency is always easier to defend than correctness."

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Fortune Quote #897

Agnes' Law: "Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of."

Friday, January 16, 2015

Fortune Quote #896

AFTERNOON: That part of the day we spend worrying about how we wasted the
morning.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Fortune Quote #895

ADORE, v. To venerate expectantly. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's
Dictionary"

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fortune Quote #894

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from but not
well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when the
object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Fortune Quote #893

ABSURDITY, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own
opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Monday, January 12, 2015

Fortune Quote #892

3rd Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr quotes: Segmentation
violation -- Core dumped

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Fortune Quote #891

Delirium: "What's the name of the word for things not being the same
always? ... The thing that lets you know time is happening. Is there a
word?" Dream: "Change." Delirium: "Oh. I was afraid of that." --
Neil Gaiman, "Brief Lives"