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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bob Black

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 [...]

Bjork

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 [...]

Bill Bixby

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 [...]

Bruno Bettelheim

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 [...]

Benazir Bhutto

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 [...]

Bruce Beresford

He’s wrong. That’s why his films look so terrible. Bruce Beresford I didn’t get upset because I wasn’t nominated, but I was a little surprised. Bruce Beresford At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films. Bruce Beresford Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. [...]

Bruce Bennett

All clients’ needs and expectations are vastly different. Bruce Bennett I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films. Bruce Bennett As a head-hunter I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing my candidates do well and therefore my clients happy. I want to work with clients more as a partner [...]

Busby Berkeley

I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour. Busby Berkeley

Bernard Berenson

Psychoanalysts are not occupied with the minds of their patients; they do not believe in the mind but in a cerebral intestine. Bernard Berenson A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. Bernard Berenson Between truth and the search for [...]

Bo Bennett

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. Bo Bennett You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now. Bo Bennett Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose. Bo Bennett We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we [...]

Bob Beauprez

For too long, our country’s version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes. Bob Beauprez I’ve found that [...]

Brian Behlendorf

Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there’s the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it’s a good thing for society. Brian Behlendorf I think the [...]

Birch Bayh

You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening – this goes to the first question you asked – the whole country was awakening to a hundred years of injustice that hadn’t been resolved yet. Birch Bayh I should point out [...]

Brendan Behan

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Brendan Behan It’s not that the Irish are cynical. It’s rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody. Brendan Behan New [...]

Bix Beiderbecke

One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don’t know what’s going to happen next. Do you? Bix Beiderbecke

Bob Beamon

Whatever you do, don’t do it halfway. Bob Beamon

Boris Becker

It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office. Boris Becker So this is it. Match point for eternity. Boris Becker Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. Boris Becker When you are thrown onto the stage at [...]

Beck

If someone is making a judgment when they don’t have firsthand experience, it’s intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don’t know about? Beck Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother’s face, her aspect and her attitude. Beck I sat [...]

Bruno Bauer

His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service. Bruno Bauer The sight of nature fascinates, the family tie has a sweet enchantment and patriotism gives the religious spirit a fiery devotion to the powers that it reveres. Bruno Bauer But in Christianity, by contrast, the freedom of the children of [...]

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 [...]

Billy Barty

Try being my size and going into a public restroom. Billy Barty We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism. Billy Barty The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have [...]

Bernard Baruch

We can’t cross that bridge until we come to it, but I always like to lay down a pontoon ahead of time. Bernard Baruch I never lost money by turning a profit. Bernard Baruch Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. Bernard Baruch Millions saw the apple fall, but [...]

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