#definitions

Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#devil

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#love #imagination

Tears are words the heart can't express ↗

— Gerard Way

#life #love #life

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#humour #legal-system #parenting

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#tact #wit #wit

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#different #diplomacy #open #part #self-interest

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West. ↗

— Frank Dobson

#definitions #manhood #west

One's 'thing'--(1) A point of personal interest; a hobby, sport, or avocation that succinctly defines a person. (2) A brief coupling of words used to evoke someone's personality in a small-talk setting: Billy's thing used to be soccer; now it's masterbation. (3) A laconic summation of one's character and interests used for the purpose of categorization and judgement. See also 'What do you do? ↗

— Joshua Braff

#funny #funny

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#definitions #ethics #humor #humor

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on. ↗

— Stephen King

#humor #anger