Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Ambrose Bierce Quotes: PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
         

PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.


Ambrose Bierce
Check all other quotes by Ambrose Bierce

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Ambrose Bierce Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/PROPHECY-n-The-art-and-practice-of-362870>.





Check out


Other quotes of Ambrose Bierce


Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.



The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.



War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.



In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.



Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.



Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.



Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.



NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.



Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.



Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.





Other quotes you may like



Science and spirituality are not opposed entities that try to claim ownership of the universal truth but rather different layers of awareness about this world.

Science and spirituality are not opposed entities that try to claim ownership of the universal truth but rather different layers of awareness about this world.



Your obstacles are always counting on you to be fearful and doubtful because those are their only chances of defeating you.

Your obstacles are always counting on you to be fearful and doubtful because those are their only chances of defeating you.



If you light a lamp for someone it will also brighten your path.

If you light a lamp for someone it will also brighten your path.



Pieces of your heart broke every day when you were a mother.

Pieces of your heart broke every day when you were a mother.



To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.

To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.



Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.



When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.

When the fun goes out of getting dressed, you might as well be dead.



My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing.

My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing.



Ideas run wild without discussion.

Ideas run wild without discussion.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "PROPHECY, n. The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.". Author of this quote is Ambrose Bierce. This quote is about delivery, credibility, selling, future, prophecy, art, practice,.