Pierre Berton

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

Tom Bodett

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 [...]

A. C. Benson

Man, an animal that makes bargains. A. C. Benson Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. A. C. Benson When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. A. C. Benson All the best stories are but one [...]

Georges Bernanos

No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness. Georges Bernanos Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this [...]

Edward Bellamy

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second. Edward Bellamy The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual. Edward Bellamy I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857. Edward Bellamy  

Nicolas Bentley

He followed in his father’s footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic. Nicolas Bentley

Michael Bergdahl

The key to competing and surviving against Wal-Mart is to focus your business into a niche or pocket where you can leverage your strengths in the local marketplace. Michael Bergdahl When you compete with Wal-Mart, even if you think you’ve found a niche don’t ever become complacent. Michael Bergdahl Sam Walton was a master storyteller [...]

John Berendt

Nothing can be said, including this statement, that has not been said before. John Berendt

Peter Benchley

I don’t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything. Peter Benchley Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline. Peter Benchley I’ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. Peter Benchley If man [...]

Ludwig Bemelmans

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection. Ludwig Bemelmans To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must [...]

Martha Beck

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. Martha Beck Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. Martha Beck I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it. Martha Beck Adults under threat feel [...]

James Beard

I don’t like gourmet cooking or “this” cooking or “that” cooking. I like good cooking. James Beard Too few people understand a really good sandwich. James Beard A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. James Beard Food is our common ground, a universal experience. James Beard I [...]

Peter S. Beagle

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Peter S. Beagle The horns came riding in like the rainbow masts of silver ships. Peter S. Beagle

Isabella Beeton

A place for everything and everything in its place. Isabella Beeton

L. Frank Baum

I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. L. Frank Baum Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. L. Frank Baum The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick. L. Frank [...]

Bruce Barton

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. Bruce Barton Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but [...]

Katharine Lee Bates

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. Katharine Lee Bates It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls. Katharine Lee Bates

Natalie Clifford Barney

Lovers should also have their days off. Natalie Clifford Barney Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. Natalie Clifford Barney Novels are longer than life. Natalie Clifford Barney Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. Natalie Clifford Barney The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight. Natalie Clifford Barney Entrepreneurship [...]

Neal Barnard

We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their ability to break old habits and feel really healthy for a change. Neal Barnard A vegan diet takes care of most of what we need to do. But you’ll also [...]

Russell Banks

First of all it’s usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated. Russell Banks The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer. Russell Banks And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was [...]

J. G. Ballard

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. J. G. Ballard Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. J. G. Ballard I [...]

Hugo Ball

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? Hugo Ball We should burn all libraries and allow to remain only that which everyone knows by heart. A beautiful age of the legend would then begin. Hugo Ball

John Kendrick Bangs

I can’t tell a lie – not even when I hear one. John Kendrick Bangs Pandemonium did not reign; it poured. John Kendrick Bangs

Toni Cade Bambara

I’ve never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it. Toni Cade Bambara The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible. Toni Cade Bambara And what is religion, [...]

Enid Bagnold

Judges don’t age; time decorates them. Enid Bagnold The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. Enid Bagnold When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. Enid Bagnold As for death one gets [...]

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