Above all else - sky.

Above all things, reverence yourself.

Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain.  He died in Washington, D.C.

Abscond, v.:
	To be unexpectedly called away to the bedside of a dying relative
	and miss the return train.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases
great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires.
		-- La Rochefoucauld

Absence in love is like water upon fire;
a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
		-- Hannah More

Absence is to love what wind is to fire.  It extinguishes the small,
it enkindles the great.

Absence makes the heart forget.

Absence makes the heart go wander.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
		-- Sextus Aurelius

Absence makes the heart grow fonder -- of somebody else.

Absence makes the heart grow frantic.

Absent, adj.:
	Exposed to the attacks of friends and acquaintances; defamed;
slandered.

Absentee, n.:
	A person with an income who has had the forethought
	to remove himself from the sphere of exaction.
		-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Absolutum obsoletum.  (If it works, it's out of date.)
		-- Stafford Beer

Abstainer, n.:
	A weak person who yields to the
	temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
		-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Abstract:
	This study examined the incidence of neckwear tightness among a group
of 94 white-collar working men and the effect of a tight business-shirt collar
and tie on the visual performance of 22 male subjects.  Of the white-collar
men measured, 67% were found to be wearing neckwear that was tighter than
their neck circumference.  The visual discrimination of the 22 subjects was
evaluated using a critical flicker frequency (CFF) test.  Results of the CFF
test indicated that tight neckwear significantly decreased the visual
performance of the subjects and that visual performance did not improve
immediately when tight neckwear was removed.
		-- Langan, L. M. and Watkins, S. M. "Pressure of Menswear on the
		   Neck in Relation to Visual Performance."  Human Factors 29,
		   #1 (Feb. 1987), pp. 67-71.

Absurdity, n.:
	A statement or belief manifestly
	inconsistent with one's own opinion.
		-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics,
because the stakes are so low.
		-- Wallace Sayre

Academicians care, that's who.