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 [...]

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 [...]

Lin Biao

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 [...]

Leon Blum

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 [...]

Luc Besson

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  

Leonard Bernstein

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable. Leonard Bernstein Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. Leonard Bernstein A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein The key to [...]

Louis de Bernieres

People taking photographs of their meals are not critics; they are from the United States. Louis de Bernieres The human heart likes a little disorder in its geometry. Louis de Bernieres  

Lloyd Bentsen

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy. Lloyd Bentsen I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn’t know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and [...]

Luciano Berio

The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect. Luciano Berio In music, as I find myself forever saying, things don’t get better or worse: they evolve and transform themselves. Luciano Berio  

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 [...]

Ludwig van Beethoven

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that! Ludwig van Beethoven Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually [...]

Lyman Beecher

No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy. Lyman Beecher Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. Lyman Beecher

Lord Beaverbrook

Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day. Lord Beaverbrook The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat. Lord Beaverbrook

Les Baxter

In a sense, a hit belongs to the person who made it popular, but if a tune is good enough to attain tremendous success, then it certainly deserves more than one version, one treatment, one approach. Les Baxter That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever [...]

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 [...]

Leonard Baskin

But I think doctors have always been either honest or dishonest. Leonard Baskin I always felt I needed to teach to survive. Leonard Baskin Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable. Leonard Baskin I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don’t think most artists feel their work is meaningless. [...]

Lance Bass

The beginning of the shows are different. One time we’ll say ‘Hello, Denver’. Another time we’ll say ‘Hello, Memphis’. It’s always different. Lance Bass You’ve got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity. Lance Bass He’s a couple sandwiches short of a picnic. Lance Bass I can’t bear looking in the mirror [...]

Luigi Barzini

They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman’s octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. Luigi Barzini To put up a show is to face life’s injustices with one [...]

Lynda Barry

Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It’s exhilarating, but after a while it wasn’t the kind of thrill I enjoyed. Lynda Barry In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke. Lynda Barry Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke. Lynda Barry There was [...]

Lionel Barrymore

I’ve got a lot of ham in me. Lionel Barrymore This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them. Lionel Barrymore Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and [...]

Lawrence Barrett

An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow. Lawrence Barrett

Luis Barragan

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all. Luis Barragan I don’t divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. Luis Barragan A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. Luis Barragan I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, [...]

Lloyd Banks

We got extremely lucky. It’s a tough business to work with. Lloyd Banks

Leslie Banks

The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book. Leslie Banks I look at life, the experiences I’ve had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us. Leslie Banks It [...]

Lester Bangs

I mean Iggy and The Stooges first couple of albums I think sold twenty five thousand between the two of them you know and so to talk in terms of an underground I mean you have to go really to the independent labels and things like that. Lester Bangs The great thing about The Clash [...]

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