WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:22:31 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg intransigence – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Positive,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1077/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1077/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1077 POSITIVE, adj. Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.


Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Positive,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
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Originally published in the "Cynic's Word Book" column in the New York American (1906-03-16) and the "Cynic's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Examiner (1906-03-21). ]]> https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1077/feed/ 0 1077