Humorist Ambrose Quotes & Sayings

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know. — Arsene Wenger

The reality of getting married, it really changed things into something beautiful. There was transformation. — Peter Scolari

Love is the sweetest madness of life. — Debasish Mridha

The heart and the almanac never agree about time ... — Grace King

PANTALOONS, n. A nether habiliment of the adult civilized male. The garment is tubular and unprovided with hinges at the points of flexion. Supposed to have been invented by a humorist. Called trousers by the enlightened and pants by the unworthy. — Ambrose Bierce

Sunk in the mud, it took all my strength to flip it over. I lifted out the oar and inspected the bottom for holes and rotted wood. Seeing none, I gathered up my skirt, climbed in, and paddled to the middle of the pond, an untouchable place, far from everything. I tried to think what I would say to him, worried my voice would slink off again and leave me. I remained there a long while, lapping on the surface. Vapor curled on the water, dragonflies pricked the air, and I thought it all beautiful. — Sue Monk Kidd

Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque. — Frank Wedekind

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things. — Henry Ward Beecher

If I have someone who believes in me, I can move mountains. — Diana Ross

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. — Ambrose Bierce

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. — Michael Jordan

Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing. — Lenny Kravitz

ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play. The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as we to-day have the unhappiness to know him. In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission. Another excellent specimen of the modern zany is the curate, who apes the rector, who apes the bishop, who apes the archbishop, who apes the devil. — Ambrose Bierce

There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. — Seneca The Younger

If someone asks me if I believe in God, I shake my head like I couldn't give a shit, but the truth is, I do. I just don't know what to do about it. — Ethan Hawke

HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick. — Ambrose Bierce