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Earl Blumenauer

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:29:16 +0000

Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting. Earl Blumenauer Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning [...]

David Blunkett

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:10 +0000

I said it’s impossible to have an amnesty without ID cards and a clean database, because you firstly don’t have any incentives for people to actually come up front and register, and make themselves available, and secondly you have no means of tracking them. David Blunkett And we think that our citizens and yours would [...]

Boethius

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:18:42 +0000

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior. Boethius Nothing is miserable unless you think it is so. Boethius Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Boethius A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven. Boethius For in all [...]

Alice Stone Blackwell

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:12:05 +0000

Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both. Alice Stone Blackwell A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent. Alice [...]

William Bligh

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:07:24 +0000

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. William Bligh All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented [...]

Vida Blue

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:03:56 +0000

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? Vida Blue It’s a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you’re surrounded by [...]

Ritchie Blackmore

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:01 +0000

When I was 20, I didn’t give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. Ritchie Blackmore Jimi… He was the gov’nor and that’s it. He was brilliant, wasn’t he? Ritchie Blackmore Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players [...]

Peter Bogdanovich

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:08 +0000

The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they’re getting this kind of money is because the studios don’t know what else to do. They don’t have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money. Peter Bogdanovich You see so many movies… the younger [...]

Linda Blair

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:50:27 +0000

Kids shouldn’t see all the violence they do these days. But the industry just doesn’t care. Linda Blair Of all the projects I’ve worked on, I’ve never worked with another director like Billy Friedkin. I think he’s a genius. Linda Blair I’ve lived through what seems to most – and myself – many lives. Linda [...]

Kathleen Blanco

Heather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:46:33 +0000

Poverty is everyone’s problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich, middle-class or poor, we are ALL touched by poverty. Kathleen Blanco The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. [...]

Alexis Bledel

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:18:07 +0000

In my life, I don’t need to have my face plastered everywhere. It’s not really something I want. Alexis Bledel Directors and writers have a lot of stress as well, because they have people they answer to. Alexis Bledel I’m still a shy person. I’ve learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have [...]

Richard Parks Bland

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:14:05 +0000

It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is. Richard Parks Bland Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere [...]

Manolo Blahnik

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:09:52 +0000

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet. Manolo Blahnik You put high heels on and you change. Manolo Blahnik About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. Manolo Blahnik

Hans Blix

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:05:18 +0000

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable. Hans Blix Like I said, I’m more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. Hans Blix By and large my relations with the US were good. Hans Blix Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries. Hans Blix [...]

Cofer Black

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:57:15 +0000

I was an intelligence officer, not a policy-maker. Cofer Black We operate under the law. Covert action authorities are communicated in a memorandum of notification. Cofer Black No matter how many plots we uncover and disrupt, no matter how many terrorist organizations we degrade or destroy, another individual or group will rise to take their [...]

W. E. B. Du Bois

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:52:19 +0000

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. W. E. B. Du Bois If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known. W. E. B. Du [...]

Pierre Berton

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:39 +0000

Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out. Pierre Berton

Lindy Boggs

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:37:08 +0000

Well, Hale was one of the first people who suggested to President Johnson that there should be a commission. Lindy Boggs And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to Dallas, and the connotation was that it would be [...]

Fanny Blankers-Koen

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:33:27 +0000

All I’ve done is run fast. I don’t see why people should make much fuss about that. Fanny Blankers-Koen

Bill Blass

Heather — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:26:12 +0000

Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don’t have a change, you’re bored. It’s the same with fashion, you know. And that, I suppose, is what style is about. Bill Blass Red is the ultimate cure for sadness. Bill Blass Style is primarily a matter of instinct. Bill Blass When in doubt wear [...]

Tom Bodett

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:43:07 +0000

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett You can make a new friend but you can’t make an old one. Tom Bodett In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a [...]

Otis Blackwell

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:39:28 +0000

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis’ birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days. Otis Blackwell I’d hate to be a songwriter starting a career today. Otis Blackwell There have been many times when I’ve [...]

Kurtis Blow

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:35:51 +0000

When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs. Kurtis Blow Yeah when I was 7 or 8 my moms would have little parties, and I would play the music. Kurtis Blow I was signed when I was 19 years old, in [...]

Elizabeth Blackwell

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:32:06 +0000

It is not easy to be a pioneer – but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world. Elizabeth Blackwell Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development. Elizabeth Blackwell The idea of winning a doctor’s degree [...]

Bernardo Bertolucci

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:28:14 +0000

I don’t think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks. Bernardo Bertolucci I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is. Bernardo Bertolucci A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy. Bernardo Bertolucci I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject [...]

Sissela Bok

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:24:37 +0000

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. Sissela Bok Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived. [...]

Nellie Bly

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:20:03 +0000

I took upon myself to enact the part of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that should follow. Nellie Bly How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even [...]

James W. Black

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:16:09 +0000

I met Hilary Vaughan at a Student Ball in 1944 and we married in the summer of 1946, as soon as I graduated. James W. Black We paid off our debts, we learned some, made friends and returned in 1950 with a larger view of life. I had, however, no home, no income of any [...]

Dan Blocker

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:11:47 +0000

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon – no good for a damn thing. Dan Blocker

Alan Bleasdale

Heather — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:38:41 +0000

There is not in nature, a thing that makes man so deformed, so beastly, as doth intemperate anger. Alan Bleasdale To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love. Alan Bleasdale If you can [...]

Jane Birkin

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:51:00 +0000

My mother was right: When you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust. Jane Birkin I’d rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes. Jane Birkin When I was at school I used to scream in [...]

Harold Stephen Black

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:46:26 +0000

Negative feedback effected amplifier performance significantly. Harold Stephen Black The answer scrawled on a blank page in a daily newspaper, was conceived whilst aboard a ferry. Harold Stephen Black

Georges Bizet

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:41:30 +0000

I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece. Georges Bizet Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice. Georges Bizet What a beautiful art, but what a wretched profession. Georges Bizet As a musician [...]

Elizabeth Bishop

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:38 +0000

The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Elizabeth Bishop The pigs stuck out their little feet and snored. Elizabeth Bishop What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to [...]

Danny Blanchflower

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:29:59 +0000

Everything in our favour was against us. Danny Blanchflower

Cilla Black

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:24:35 +0000

The nicest thing about coming of age is that I can do whatever I like. Cilla Black I had to do the book because there was an unauthorised biography which didn’t tell it like it was. Cilla Black Nothing is a career move. Everything I’ve done this year has so not been a career move. [...]

Bob Black

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:20:08 +0000

Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment. Bob Black People aren’t as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our ‘civic duty’ to vote, rejecting the role of compulsory constituent. Bob Black The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of [...]

Ahmed Best

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:12:11 +0000

I’m recording another demo for another batch of record labels that we’ll shop it around to. Ahmed Best It doesn’t bother me that people are stupid. I’m not stupid. Ahmed Best We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted. Ahmed Best I’m going to [...]

Yasmine Bleeth

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:07:22 +0000

Guys usually know immediately that I’m high-maintenance. Yasmine Bleeth I don’t think men like a bad girl. Well, I haven’t had a date in a year so I’m obviously doing something wrong. It’s not that my standards are too high, I haven’t even been asked out in a year. I have no standards, anyone, please! [...]

William Billings

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:02:09 +0000

It is much the best way… to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time. William Billings Let tyrants shake their iron rod. William Billings In the first place, you must pay great attention to the key [...]

Victoria Billings

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:56:44 +0000

Sexual liberation, as a slogan, turns out to be another kind of bondage. For a woman it offers orgasm as her ultimate and major fulfillment; it’s better than motherhood. Victoria Billings The best thing that could happen to motherhood already has. Fewer women are going into it. Victoria Billings Constant togetherness is fine – but [...]

Tim Bishop

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:51:43 +0000

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated. Tim Bishop In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island. Tim Bishop Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the [...]

Selma Blair

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:47:04 +0000

I was a smoker for about 20 years. Selma Blair My first crush was Spock. I thought it didn’t get any better than Spock. Selma Blair God knows, I never want to hurt someone’s feelings. Selma Blair I don’t wanna play Karen. I just don’t. I’ve kind of done this. Selma Blair

Rachel Blanchard

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:42:45 +0000

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. Rachel Blanchard Winston Churchill was not entirely [...]

Paul Biya

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:39:06 +0000

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective. Paul Biya We now need to look beyond our immediate future and aim higher and farther. Paul Biya I want to believe that those who have been appointed to accomplish this mission will be totally committed, devoting all their skills [...]

Orlando Bloom

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:34:24 +0000

Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they’re so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai. Orlando Bloom I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see [...]

Nicolas Boileau

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:29:21 +0000

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass. Nicolas Boileau The dreadful burden of having nothing to do. Nicolas Boileau

Marc Bloch

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:25:49 +0000

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. Marc Bloch History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical. Marc Bloch [...]

Lin Biao

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:21:24 +0000

One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don’t. Lin Biao Taking the entire globe, if North America and Western Europe can be called the ‘cities of the world’, then Asia, Africa and Latin [...]

Kenneth Blackwell

Heather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:17:04 +0000

They know, the courts know, the people know that they have no way of changing the results as it affects them. Kenneth Blackwell We have 45,000 square miles of geography in Ohio. Kenneth Blackwell And I’m very proud of the 50,000 poll workers and election officials who delivered a free and fair election. Kenneth Blackwell [...]

Ken Blanchard

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:34:42 +0000

For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio. Ken Blanchard I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I’ve had in my life is that the more I give away, the more [...]

Jack Black

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:29:38 +0000

There’s nothing you can really do to prepare to rock. Do you prepare to eat a delicious meal? Are you hungry? Then you’re gonna eat it. Jack Black I’d rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools. Jack Black We’re in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because [...]

H. P. Blavatsky

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:21:32 +0000

Yet, the Universe is real enough to the conscious beings in it, which are as unreal as it is itself. H. P. Blavatsky Everything that is, was, and will be, eternally IS, even the countless forms, which are finite and perishable only in their objective, not in their ideal Form. H. P. Blavatsky If coming [...]

Frank Black

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:17:01 +0000

Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won’t bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records. Frank Black People go back to the stuff that doesn’t cost a lot [...]

Edward Bok

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:11:44 +0000

The American advertiser has made the superior American magazine of today possible. Edward Bok It is the growth of advertising in this country which, more than any single element, has brought the American magazine to its present enviable position in points of literary, illustrative and mechanical excellence. Edward Bok The fact must never be forgotten [...]

Dave Blood

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:06:13 +0000

When it came to the music that we produced, I am pretty happy with what we did. Dave Blood You can’t control how you are perceived, and you are a fool if you waste any energy trying to do so. Vanity will get you nowhere. Dave Blood It never got ugly, although it got a [...]

Claudia Black

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:01:51 +0000

People told me, when I was coming through the ranks, that a mark of a great actor is one who deals with the period of unemployment as well as they deal with the period of employment. Claudia Black The crew are the faces you see every morning and last at night before you go home. [...]

Bjork

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:52:41 +0000

I always wanted to be a farmer. There is a tradition of that in my family. Bjork Maybe I’ll be a feminist in my old age. Bjork The reason I do interviews is because I’m protecting my songs. Bjork Nature is our chapel. Bjork Compared to America or Europe, God isn’t a big part of [...]

Acker Bilk

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:45:08 +0000

I’m still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing. Acker Bilk I look at my clarinet sometimes and I think, I wonder what’s going to come out of there tonight? You never know. Acker Bilk

Leon Blum

Heather — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:40:19 +0000

The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought. Leon Blum When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again. Leon Blum Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a [...]

Hans Bethe

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:15:09 +0000

I am not a philosopher. Hans Bethe

David Blaine

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:10:32 +0000

In truth, the only restrictions on our capacity to astonish ourselves and each other are imposed by our own minds. David Blaine My only fear is the unknown. David Blaine I have not had time to reflect on my own truths in many years. David Blaine As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini. [...]

George Blanda

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:43:54 +0000

I thought this must be what God looks like. George Blanda

Cate Blanchett

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:40:56 +0000

You know you’ve made it when you’ve been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls – it’s a bit scary, actually. Cate Blanchett It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Cate Blanchett Look, [...]

James Blunt

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:39:00 +0000

It’s taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a manager, that’s when everything started happening quickly but I think that’s always the way it is. James Blunt Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage [...]

Felix Bloch

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:35:35 +0000

Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to youth; and with your permission I shall consider you as representing here not only the academic youth of Sweden nor even of Europe but also of America. Felix Bloch But these [...]

Bill Bixby

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:31:11 +0000

TV is a major force in our lives – a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty. Bill Bixby Viewers can’t expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let’s face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is [...]

Isabella Bird

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:25:41 +0000

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine. Isabella Bird

Edward Blake

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:21:31 +0000

I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention. Edward Blake The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals. Edward Blake As far as I [...]

Abebe Bikila

Heather — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:16:28 +0000

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism. Abebe Bikila

Maeve Binchy

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:17:49 +0000

I’m an escapist kind of writer. Maeve Binchy I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I’m not insane – I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. Maeve Binchy

Josh Billings

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:14:53 +0000

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Josh Billings Don’t ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it. Josh Billings Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and [...]

Steven Biko

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:10:54 +0000

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Steven Biko So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are [...]

Judy Biggert

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:03:55 +0000

Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular. Judy Biggert The Pledge of Allegiance is an important expression of our shared values, and it should be preserved in its current form. I fully support the [...]

Michael Biehn

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:59:08 +0000

I would say that one of the things that we are proud of is that we are attracting very interesting guest stars. One is Tyne Daly, who has done a wonderful job. Michael Biehn I’d rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don’t [...]

Elizabeth Bibesco

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:54:51 +0000

To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing. Elizabeth Bibesco It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room. Elizabeth Bibesco Seeing through is rarely seeing into. Elizabeth Bibesco We often call [...]

Valerie Bertinelli

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:49:53 +0000

Honesty is very sexy. Valerie Bertinelli I’m a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress. Valerie Bertinelli Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there – not forced. Valerie Bertinelli

Luc Besson

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:45:10 +0000

It’s always the small people who change things. It’s never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn’t have a clue the day before. Luc Besson

George Best

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:41:03 +0000

I used to go missing a lot… Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World. George Best I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep. George Best I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. George Best I’d have to be superman to do some of the [...]

Yogi Berra

Heather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:33:52 +0000

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. Yogi Berra Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded. Yogi Berra Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting. Yogi Berra I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary. Yogi Berra In theory there [...]

Theodore Bikel

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:44:56 +0000

yellowing with age was obligatory. Theodore Bikel We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. Theodore Bikel All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by [...]

Earl Derr Biggers

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:39:49 +0000

Every man must wear out at least one pair of fools shoes. Earl Derr Biggers Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat’s ear. Earl Derr Biggers This is unexpected… like squirt from aggressive grapefruit. Earl Derr Biggers Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf. Earl Derr Biggers Do not wave stick when trying to [...]

Jessica Biel

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:35:44 +0000

I work with a couple charities called Serving Those Who Serve and Rebuilding Together. Both are supportive of veterans when they come home. Jessica Biel I’m not going to give up doing interesting things. I’m going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business. Jessica Biel At [...]

Georges Bidault

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:30:50 +0000

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. Georges Bidault

Vinoba Bhave

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:26:41 +0000

We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off. Vinoba Bhave It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free. Vinoba Bhave Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti [...]

Ugo Betti

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:22:10 +0000

The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to – look the other way. Ugo Betti All of us are mad. If it weren’t for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn’t be any point in giving each person a separate name. Ugo Betti This free [...]

Michael Berryman

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:17:31 +0000

That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast. Michael Berryman We all live on the same planet, it is our only home, so… we used to rotate crops back in the day and, you know, [...]

John Berryman

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:13:59 +0000

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so. John Berryman The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he’s in business. John Berryman We must travel in the direction of our fear. John Berryman Bats have no bankers and they [...]

Annie Besant

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:09:07 +0000

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. Annie Besant No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this [...]

Elmer Bernstein

Heather — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:01:34 +0000

There’s no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I’ve always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself. Elmer Bernstein I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That’s [...]

Joe Biden

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:43:32 +0000

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes. Joe Biden Just talk to me as a father – not what the Constitution says. What do you feel? Joe Biden Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart. Joe Biden The Middle East is hopeful. There’s hope there. Joe [...]

Peter Bichsel

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:41:11 +0000

It is strange, how quickly people want to obligate their poets, as it were, on the exile. Peter Bichsel Literature is about as unnecessarily necessarily as tableware or ironed shirts. Peter Bichsel Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for [...]

Jello Biafra

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:37:19 +0000

The Sonics I found later and that was pretty important. Jello Biafra I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters. Jello Biafra Respecting other people’s cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches [...]

Ernest Bevin

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:33:09 +0000

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented. The common man, I think, is the great protection against war. Ernest Bevin Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat. Ernest Bevin The most conservative man in this world is the [...]

Paul Bettany

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:27:54 +0000

In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don’t shoot films any more. There’s more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent. Paul Bettany It’s weird, because usually if you’re British and you go to America you play baddies; but I play naughty people here and goodies [...]

Mary McLeod Bethune

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:23:18 +0000

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. Mary McLeod Bethune I never stop to plan. I take things step by step. Mary McLeod Bethune The whole world opened to me when I learned to read. Mary McLeod Bethune We have a [...]

Henry Beston

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:19:59 +0000

Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it, for, with the banishment of night from the experience of man, there vanishes as well a religious emotion, a poetic mood, which gives depth to the adventure of humanity. Henry Beston The seas are the heart’s blood of the earth. Henry Beston [...]

Bruno Bettelheim

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:16:27 +0000

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. Bruno Bettelheim Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science. Bruno Bettelheim Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with [...]

Raymond Berry

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:12:39 +0000

I hope they don’t reveal everything they know about me. Raymond Berry The most prepared are the most dedicated. Raymond Berry I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion. Raymond Berry

Eric Berne

Heather — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:08:41 +0000

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away. Eric Berne The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. Eric Berne A loser doesn’t know what he’ll do if he loses, but talks about [...]

Benazir Bhutto

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:37:05 +0000

The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes. Benazir Bhutto I’ve never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. Benazir Bhutto Right now, they feel they have lost their voice, and [...]

William Beveridge

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:33:41 +0000

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege. William Beveridge The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. William Beveridge Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy [...]

Pete Best

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:30:37 +0000

I was close to John simply because I liked him as a person. He liked me as a person. We spent a lot of times at one another’s houses back in Liverpool. We spent a lot of time together in Germany. Pete Best Many things have been said about what happened, but I don’t know [...]

Michael Beschloss

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:25:03 +0000

So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960′s, part of the drama was the fact that you didn’t know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week. Michael Beschloss [...]

Joseph Beuys

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:20:29 +0000

I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context. Joseph Beuys Let’s talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which [...]

Henry Bessemer

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:14:34 +0000

In such a case secrecy must be absolute to be effective, and although mere vague curiosity induced many persons of my intimate acquaintance to ask to be allowed to just go in and have a peep, I never admitted anyone. Henry Bessemer It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming [...]

Gary Bettman

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:06:31 +0000

My message to the kids and our fans is hockey’s a great game. There’s a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don’t give up on the game. It’s too good. Gary [...]

Aneurin Bevan

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:30:05 +0000

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage. Aneurin Bevan Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born. Aneurin Bevan I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine. Aneurin [...]

Jan Berry

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:25:10 +0000

We have to fight sometimes to survive. Jan Berry When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light – whatever that is for you – no matter how far away it seems. Jan Berry I want to be remembered as one of the best record producers of my era. Jan Berry

Shelley Berman

Heather — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:12:34 +0000

I am careful with my material and presentation. Shelley Berman Though it sold very well, I hated The Edge. Shelley Berman Unquestionably, standup comedy is and has always been an art form. Shelley Berman While you’re improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, [...]

Corbin Bernsen

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:16:40 +0000

Taking employment out of the country – now that’s taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more. Corbin Bernsen I have to say, though, it’s a little strange doing both because Durant is very straight and stern and austere. Corbin Bernsen There’s [...]

Isaiah Berlin

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:08:39 +0000

The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past. Isaiah Berlin Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. Isaiah Berlin Only barbarians are not curious about where they come [...]

Claude Berri

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:04:56 +0000

I try to make films that move people when they are in the theater and make them think only after they leave. Claude Berri

Daniel Bernoulli

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:59:11 +0000

It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth. Daniel Bernoulli There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician. Daniel Bernoulli

Thomas Berger

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:54:35 +0000

The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there. Thomas Berger No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other. Thomas Berger

Richard Berry

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:47:02 +0000

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it’s only temporary. Richard Berry If [...]

Halle Berry

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:41:47 +0000

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male butt! Halle Berry My whole life I’ve had the fear that I was going to be abandoned. Halle Berry The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I’m the pie and my pie is good all by [...]

Carl Bernstein

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:38:23 +0000

The lowest form of popular culture – lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives – has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a [...]

Tristan Bernard

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:32:16 +0000

To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give. Tristan Bernard In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised – but by things that they expect. Tristan Bernard

Peter Berg

Heather — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:25:43 +0000

Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he’s voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film. Peter Berg What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are [...]

Saint Bernard

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:16:31 +0000

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. Saint Bernard I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. Saint Bernard

Xander Berkeley

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:13:14 +0000

I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I’ve done a lot of writing. Xander Berkeley I’d better make hay while the sun shines. Xander Berkeley It’s exciting that you’ve got an entire season to experience 24 hours of highly dramatically charged human experience. It allows for the close [...]

James Theodore Bent

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:08:28 +0000

The belief in charms for protecting newborn infants is very strong in Greece. James Theodore Bent In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves. James Theodore Bent Not much has been written about the Nereids of modern Greece. Wherever there is a warm, healing stream they believe that it flows [...]

Mary Frances Berry

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:04:32 +0000

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can’t be done. Mary Frances Berry When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don’t believe in compromise. Mary Frances Berry Civil Rights opened the windows. [...]

Chuck Berry

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:58:59 +0000

It’s amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. Chuck Berry Rock’s so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather. Chuck Berry Don’t let the same dog bite you twice. Chuck Berry

Daniel J. Bernstein

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:55:27 +0000

In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate. Daniel J. Bernstein Just because it’s automatic doesn’t mean it works. Daniel J. Bernstein The average user doesn’t give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it’s fast. Daniel J. Bernstein I thank God for not making [...]

Sarah Bernhardt

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:51:42 +0000

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. Sarah Bernhardt To be a good actor… it is necessary to have a firmly tempered soul, to be surprised at nothing, to resume each minute the laborious task that has barely just been finished. Sarah Bernhardt What matters poverty? What [...]

Gael Garcia Bernal

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:48:27 +0000

I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with. Gael Garcia Bernal In Latin America, you don’t do things for the money because there is [...]

William Berkeley

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:43:50 +0000

If they had killed by father and my mother and all my friends, yet if they had come to treat of peace, they ought to have gone in peace. William Berkeley

Candice Bergen

Heather — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:36:09 +0000

People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don’t have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart. Candice Bergen Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age. Candice Bergen Though beauty gives you a weird sense [...]

Wendell Berry

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:36:24 +0000

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more. Wendell Berry We cannot comprehend what comprehends us. Wendell Berry All right, every day ain’t going to be the best day of your life, don’t worry about that. If [...]

Marion Berry

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:32:41 +0000

If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate. Marion Berry People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn’t break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? Marion Berry I promise you a police car on every sidewalk. [...]

Danielle Berry

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:29:22 +0000

No one ever said on their deathbed, ‘Gee, I wish I had spent more time alone with my computer’. Danielle Berry

Steven Jesse Bernstein

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:25:59 +0000

My relationship to gravity is permanently altered. Steven Jesse Bernstein

Al Bernstein

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:22:59 +0000

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. Al Bernstein A fool and his money get a lot of publicity. Al Bernstein Easy doesn’t do it. Al Bernstein If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance. Al Bernstein Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. Al [...]

Ruth Bernhard

Heather — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:19:03 +0000

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations – each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. Ruth Bernhard I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. Ruth Bernhard [...]