"Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."
― Ambrose Bierce
Topic(s):
Hope
― Ambrose Bierce
More From Ambrose Bierce
- "Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility."
- "Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught."
- "Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh."
More In Hope
- "I love the Beatles. I haven’t named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group that I was ever properly aware of. In my early teens I would sometimes stay in and listen to the radio all day in the hope that I would catch a song by them that I’d never heard before and be able to tape it on my radio-cassette player."― Jarvis Cocker
- "I’ve learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you."― Sandra Bullock
- "I hope that what it comes down to at the end of the day is that people believe that I believe what I’m singing. It comes down to being believable. You don’t have to be likeable; generally, though, I think I am."― John Mayer