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The God Arrives Early: Rod Serling and the Endings That Paid Their Bills
The series died the year before I was born, and it hardly mattered, because the reruns never stopped. On summer nights in Nebraska in the early seventies, on the only signal that reached my grandfather's corner of the state, a man in a narrow black suit would step into the frame and speak to me as if the two of us had an appointment. He promised a fifth dimension, called it "the middle ground between light and shadow," and stood aside to let the story convict somebody. As a boy I thought I was watching monsters. The show was running trials. […] -
A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
EPIDEMIC, n. A disease having a sociable turn and few prejudices.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Epidemic,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1883-04-28)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/84987…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
CULPRIT, n. The other fellow.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Culprit,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-28)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83834…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
DEMAGOGUE, n. A political opponent.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Demagogue,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1882-01-20)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83994…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
COVET, v.i. To desire that which the owner wickedly withholds.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Covet,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-07)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83831…
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Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary) -
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
TRINITY, n. […] The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Trinity,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1056/
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