"Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Great Tags: anoint, grease More From Ambrose Bierce "Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white." "Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones." "Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." More In Great "A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one."― Lord John Russell "The great thing about the United States and the historically magnetic effect it has had on a lot of people like me is its generosity, to put it simply."― Christopher Hitchens "Growing up in the Midwest, people don’t drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn’t occur to you because it’s not what you relate to."― Luke Perry