Freebsd Fortunes

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"

Adult, n.:
        One old enough to know better.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest
way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
                -- Sinclair Lewis

Advice to young men: Be ascetic, and if you can't be ascetic,
then at least be aseptic.

After a few boring years, socially meaningful rock 'n' roll died out.
It was replaced by disco, which offers no guidance to any form of life
more advanced than the lichen family.
                -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly
                   Do"

After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.

After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party?  Surely not
for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have
simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
                -- P. J. O'Rourke