Freebsd Fortunes

Acquaintance, n.:
        A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well
enough to lend to.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

"Acting is an art which consists of keeping the audience from
coughing."

Actor:  "I'm a smash hit.  Why, yesterday during the last act, I had
        everyone glued in their seats!"
Oliver Herford: "Wonderful!  Wonderful!  Clever of you to think of
        it!"

Actor:  So what do you do for a living?
Doris:  I work for a company that makes deceptively shallow serving
        dishes for Chinese restaurants.
                -- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"

Actors will happen even in the best-regulated families.

ADA, n.:
        Something you need only know the name of to be an Expert in
Computing.  Useful in sentences like, "We had better develop an ADA
awareness."

Admiration, n.:
        Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Adolescence, n.:
        The stage between puberty and adultery.

"Adopted kids are such a pain -- you have to teach them how to look
like you ..."
                -- Gilda Radner

Adore, v.:
        To venerate expectantly.
                -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"