Earl Blumenauer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

Lindy Boggs

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

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

Bill Blass

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. [...]

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