Top 100 Quotes About Ambrose
#1. Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something he can see and feel.
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#2. While you have a future do not live too much in contemplation of your past: unless you are content to walk backward the mirror is a poor guide.
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#3. The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forebearance among men.
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#4. In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.
Stephen Ambrose
#5. MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.
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#6. Ambrose managed to fight his way free long enough to shout, Am I the only ghost here doesn't know how to ghost?
Abigail Roux
#7. Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
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#8. VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit.
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#9. Good job, Ambrose," Wilem said sarcastically. "You caught him. He stole your fire." One of the onlookers chimed in, "Yeah, make him put it back!
Patrick Rothfuss
#10. PALM, n. A species of tree ... of which the familiar "itching palm" ("Palma hominis") is most widely distributed ... This noble vegetable exudes a kind of invisible gum, which may be detected by applying to the bark a piece of gold or silver.
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#11. When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.
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#12. TRICHINOSIS, n. The pig's reply to proponents of porcophagy.
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#13. I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.
Lauren Ambrose
#14. Todd says that the doctor was rather horrified because we passed a German who had had his head shot off, but his arms and legs were still waving about and strange noises were coming out of him, and i thought even the doctor was a bit turned over by that.
Stephen E. Ambrose
#15. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
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#16. ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind the dampest kind of dejection.
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#17. It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.
Stephen Ambrose
#18. MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
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#19. DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
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#20. Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
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#21. RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.
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#22. EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation and the damnation of our neighbors.
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#23. In the presence of death reason and philosophy are silent
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#24. I have it on good report that not only does Ambrose have a tiny, tiny penis, but he can only become aroused when in the presence of a dead dog, a painting of the Duke of Gibea, and a shirtless galley drummer.
Patrick Rothfuss
#25. You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.
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#26. HASH: There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
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#27. RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.
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#29. A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something
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#30. Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.
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#31. According to the most trustworthy statistics the number of adult Dullards in the United States is but little short of thirty millions, including the statisticians.
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#32. But a voting-machine that human ingenuity can not pervert, human ingenuity can not invent. That
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#33. True repentance is to cease from sin.
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#34. DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed ... deplorable consequences sometimes ensue. A long time ago a man lost his life.
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#35. SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven.
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#36. In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers, which also seem inadequate distinctions.
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#37. Christian, n.: one who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor.
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#38. BODY-SNATCHER, n. A robber of grave-worms. One who supplies the young physicians with that with which the old physicians have supplied the undertaker.
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#39. PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
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#40. It is a better thing to save souls for the Lord than to save treasures. He who sent forth his apostles without gold had not need of gold to form his Church. The Church possesses gold, not to hoard, but to scatter abroad and come to the aid of the unfortunate.
Saint Ambrose
#41. OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard.
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#42. Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
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#43. Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.
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#44. NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
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#45. You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.
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#46. That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity
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#47. Any reform of that fundamental nature, potentially constitutional, it has to go to the people. It has to be a be a referendum, and that's why it was a plebiscite in all of the provinces in which it's been attempted.
Rona Ambrose
#48. The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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#49. DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.
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#50. WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven.
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#51. And there was Ambrose. To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship.
Patrick Rothfuss
#52. He who reads much and understands much, receives his fill. He who is full, refreshes others.
Ambrose
#53. UBIQUITY, n. The gift or power of being in all places at one time, but not in all places at all times, which is omnipresence, an attribute of God and the luminiferous ether only.
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#54. If you want to be a hero, the Germans will make one out of you real quick - dead!
Stephen E. Ambrose
#55. No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.
Saint Ambrose
#56. MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.
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#57. Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.
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#58. Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
Stephen Ambrose
#59. PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
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#62. Picture, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.
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#63. The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.
Stephen Ambrose
#64. WEAKNESSES, n.pl. Certain primal powers of Tyrant Woman wherewith she holds dominion over the male of her species, binding him to the service of her will and paralyzing his rebellious energies.
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#65. LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."
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#66. Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
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#67. The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.
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#68. Sobel was Jewish, urban, with a commission from the National Guard. Hester had started as a private, then earned his commission from Officer Candidate's School (OCS). Most
Stephen E. Ambrose
#69. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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#70. Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
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#71. The world has been created for everyone's use, but you few rich are trying to keep it up for yourselves. For not merely the possession of the earth, but the very sky, the air, and the sea are claimed for the use of the rich few ... The earth belongs to all, not just to the rich.
Ambrose
#72. Moshing, for most of them, is a celebration of the moment, of the sad fact that it is only a moment.
Joe Ambrose
#73. When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.
Stephen E. Ambrose
#74. SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
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#75. Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
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#76. We are part of a country that outshines those that have gone before us and most of those in existence today.
Stephen Ambrose
#77. Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.
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#78. Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling.
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#79. Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.
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#80. WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; ... also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread "per capita" of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable.
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#81. Hash, x. There is no definition for this word - nobody knows what hash is.
Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.
Dictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
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#82. PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
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#83. MISCREANT, n. A person of the highest degree of unworth. Etymologically, the word means unbeliever, and its present signification may be regarded as theology's noblest contribution to the development of our language.
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#84. Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.
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#85. Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.
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#86. MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
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#88. The idea is that we're doing it just for the joy of the actual physical experience. We may record something just for the fun of it, but the idea is just to be truly joyful and truly fun, especially for me, because I take myself too seriously all the time.
Lauren Ambrose
#89. RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day.
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#90. Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.
Lauren Ambrose
#91. PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
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#93. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.
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#94. Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation.
Stephen Ambrose
#95. An auctioneer is a man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked a pocket with his tongue.
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#96. Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.
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#97. Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager
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#98. Crazy was better than in love. You could walk away from crazy without regrets.
Starr Ambrose
#99. Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
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#100. Cannon: An instrument used in the rectification of national boundaries.
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