Ambrose Bierce Needs Quotations

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.