"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope." ― Ambrose Bierce Topic(s): Hope Tags: present More From Ambrose Bierce "Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third." "Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." "Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another." More In Hope "We need to have a pro-growth policy put in place that offers people hope and offers the opportunity for businesses to expand and for them to have confidence in what the world is going to look like for the next two or three or four years with respect to economic policy."― Dick Cheney "For me, Barack Obama’s election was a milestone of the most extraordinary kind. On the day he was elected I felt such hope in my heart. I thought we were seeing the beginning of a new era of equal opportunity across race and gender such as America had never known before."― Jesse Jackson "If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks."― Francois Rabelais