"He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain."…

"An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support."…

"My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing."…

Today's word is sanctimony, part of this week's theme, How to get fired. It is a (noun) and is pronounced [SANGK-tah-moe'-nee]. Click to read the definition, origin and see it in action! Wed: impudence | Tue: flippant | Mon: indolent…

Today's word is sanctimony, part of this week's theme, How to get fired. It is a (noun) and is pronounced [SANGK-tah-moe'-nee]. Click to read the definition, origin and see it in action! Wed: impudence | Tue: flippant | Mon: indolent…

bona fides: good faith; the state of being exactly as claims or appearances indicate.…

"The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting."…

"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done."…

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."…

"The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it."…

Today's word is impudence, part of this week's theme, How to get fired. It is a (noun) and is pronounced [IM-pyah-dahns]. Click to read the definition, origin and see it in action! Tue: flippant | Mon: indolent | Fri: asinine…

reconnoiter: to make an inspection or observation.…

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward."…

"What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul."…

"Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house."…

"There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."…

Today's word is flippant, part of this week's theme, How to get fired. It is a (adjective) and is pronounced [FLIP-ahnt]. Click to read the definition, origin and see it in action! Mon: indolent | Fri: asinine | Thu: equine…

xenophilia: an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.…

"Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so."…

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps."…

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it."…

"Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything."…

Today's word is indolent, part of this week's theme, How to get fired. It is a (adjective) and is pronounced [IN-dah-lahnt]. Click to read the definition, origin and see it in action! Fri: asinine | Thu: equine | Wed: vulpine…

aper…

"We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong."…

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."…

"Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and drink."…

"Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry."…

palladium: anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard.…

"Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking."…

"Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting."…