„Absent, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.“

— Ambrose Bierce
„Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Alone, adj. In bad company.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„White, adj. and n. Black.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„I am hopelessly in love with a memory.An echo from another time, another place.“
— Michel Foucault
„TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Once, adj. Enough.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.“
— Thomas Aquinas
„Un-American, adj. Wicked, intolerable, heathenish.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Positive, adj. Mistaken at the top of one's voice.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.“
— Jr.
„Self-evident, adj. Evident to one's self and to nobody else.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Does there truly exist an insuperable contradiction between religion and science? Can religion be superseded by science? The answers to these questions have, for centuries, given rise to considerable dispute and, indeed, bitter fighting. Yet, in my own mind there can be no doubt that in both cases a dispassionate consideration can only lead to a negative answer.“
— Albert Einstein