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 [...]

Dan Blocker

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  

Danny Blanchflower

Everything in our favour was against us. Danny Blanchflower

Dave Blood

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 [...]

David Blaine

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. [...]

Daniel Bernoulli

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  

Daniel J. Bernstein

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 [...]

Danielle Berry

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

Daniel Berrigan

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue. Daniel Berrigan The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were. Daniel Berrigan And their conviction is [...]

Dennis Bergkamp

So here, at Arsenal, we are often surprised when we are shown some of the newspapers, and at the bottom of an article there is a line saying if you know of anyone who had an affair with a player, call this number. It is very strange to us. Dennis Bergkamp I think these awards [...]

Daisy Berkowitz

If you make it sound too much like a synth, it will just sound like a guitar part played on a synth. Daisy Berkowitz But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention. Daisy Berkowitz Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I’ve always preferred [...]

Dirk Benedict

Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb. Dirk Benedict I am very willing to share whatever I know or feel I know about finding some serenity in this lifetime. Dirk Benedict America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts. Dirk Benedict Harrison Ford was pretty content [...]

Daniel Carter Beard

We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future. Daniel Carter Beard

David Belasco

Boxing is show-business with blood. David Belasco

David Beckham

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. David Beckham I am happier now than I have ever been. David Beckham When you have kids you do grow up. I have just started realising it now-it changes the world, having children. David Beckham My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7. David Beckham [...]

Daniel Bell

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment. Daniel Bell When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a [...]

Don Baylor

I’m going to try to enjoy the All-Star break, hope my players reflect on what happened the first half of the season, come back with a different attitude, try to find our solution on how to win it. Don Baylor Playing for Yogi is like playing for your father; playing for Billy is like playing [...]

Daisy Bates

Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any. Daisy Bates The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies. Daisy Bates No man or woman who tries [...]

Danny Bautista

It’s always frustrating when you leave people on base. Danny Bautista We didn’t score any runs today. That’s not my fault. Danny Bautista As soon as he hit it, I thought I had it. But I lost it when it went into the lights. I did my best. Danny Bautista

Derek Harold Richard Barton

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement. Derek Harold Richard Barton The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry. Derek Harold Richard Barton X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution. Derek Harold Richard Barton [...]

Drew Barrymore

Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful. Drew Barrymore Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. Drew Barrymore I’m not after fame and success and fortune and power. It’s mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that’s the good stuff [...]

Dave Barry

Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. Dave Barry For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball. Dave Barry Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly [...]

Djuna Barnes

To love without criticism is to be betrayed. Djuna Barnes We are adhering to life now with our last muscle – the heart. Djuna Barnes An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties. Djuna Barnes The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind. Djuna Barnes Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact. Djuna [...]

Daniel Barenboim

US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan. Daniel Barenboim Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease. Daniel Barenboim Every great work of art has two faces, [...]

David Baltimore

What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What’s its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago. David Baltimore I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant [...]

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