LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear
and his faith in your patience.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
and his faith in your patience.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
- AUCTIONEER, n. The man who proclaims with a hammer that he has picked
a pocket with his tongue.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - SLANG, n. The grunt of the human hog (_Pignoramus intolerabilis_)
with an audible memory.
The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he... - DENTIST, n. A prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth,
pulls coins out of your pocket. -- Ambrose Bierce... - While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are
safe,
for you can watch both of his. -- Ambrose Bierce... - LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb
his tongue when you wish to talk.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - ARCHITECT, n. One who drafts a plan of your house,
and plans a draft of your money. -- Ambrose Bierce... - PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has
trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - Coward, n.:
One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's...
From the same category:
- In a circuit with a fast-acting fuse,
an IC will blow to protect the fuse... - If you make a mistake,
cover all traces of the fact immediately... - I'm not afraid of death -- I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Woody... - Say no,
then negotiate. --... - Two bits shy of
a word...
