Creative Quotations from . . .
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) born on Jun 24
US "journalist, short-story writer". "He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution."
 
   
F
RADIUM, n. A mineral that gives off heat and stimulates the organ that a scientist is a fool with."

R
"RECREATION, n. A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue."
A
"PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another."
N
"RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day."
K
"REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
R: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
A: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
N: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."
K: "The Devil's Dictionary, 1911."



copyright 1996-2007 by Baertracks at bemorecreative.com