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 [...]

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 [...]

Rachel Blanchard

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. Rachel Blanchard Winston Churchill was not entirely [...]

Raymond Berry

I hope they don’t reveal everything they know about me. Raymond Berry The most prepared are the most dedicated. Raymond Berry I appreciate the people there thinking about me, and I look forward to coming back to Paris for that occasion. Raymond Berry  

Richard Berry

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it’s only temporary. Richard Berry If [...]

Ruth Bernhard

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations – each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. Ruth Bernhard I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. Ruth Bernhard [...]

Robert Benton

I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called ‘slow’. It’s an awful feeling to think of yourself as ‘slow’ – it’s horrible. Robert Benton My next film is always shaped by the last one… by the things I feel I didn’t get right, or the things I like and want to [...]

Richard Rodney Bennett

I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude. Richard Rodney Bennett

Robert Foster Bennett

The world has fundamentally changed. It fundamentally changed when the Berlin Wall came down and the ‘evil empire’ ceased to exist. We are engaged around the world whether we like it or not. Robert Foster Bennett But very often in politics we have the experience called up from my father when someone was trying to [...]

Richie Benaud

In fact, as a spin bowler, you have to work on the batsman over after over. Richie Benaud My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up. Richie Benaud The hallmark of a great captain is the ability to win [...]

Roberto Benigni

The first movie I saw – and I don’t know if it influenced me – was Ben Hur. We watched it outside in a corn field, and it ran backwards, so the first movie I ever saw was Ben Hur backwards. Roberto Benigni My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, [...]

Richard Benjamin

It’s the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character – even in the pavement – that you can’t get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It’s so different from other places. Richard Benjamin I always say that you should remake flops, not [...]

Robert Benchley

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous. Robert Benchley Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows [...]

Ruth Benedict

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. Ruth Benedict Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. Ruth Benedict I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain [...]

Roy Bean

Time will pass and seasons will come and go. Roy Bean You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty. Roy Bean And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the [...]

Rand Beers

You can’t succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected. Rand Beers The precondition to freedom is security. Rand Beers I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago. [...]

Richard Baxter

If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them. Richard Baxter Keep up you conjugal love in constant heat and vigor. Richard Baxter Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all. Richard Baxter You may know God, but not comprehend Him. Richard Baxter Be careful how you [...]

Roland Barthes

To eat steak rare… represents both a nature and a morality. Roland Barthes What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. Roland Barthes A photograph is always invisible, it is not it that we see. Roland Barthes Literature is the [...]

Roscoe Bartlett

I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won’t last forever. Roscoe Bartlett We need to have a culture that says ‘the less energy you can use to be comfortable, the better off you are and the better you should feel about yourself’. Roscoe Bartlett I will continue my consistent record of voting for [...]

Rick Barry

People who don’t know me have opinions about me. That’s the part that’s very hurtful. Because how do you form an opinion about somebody if you’ve never met them or spent any time with them? So it’s all based upon hearsay or things that they’ve read. Rick Barry They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it’s [...]

Richard Harris Barham

His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that’s him! Richard Harris Barham Knight without fear and without reproach. Richard Harris Barham Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to. Richard Harris Barham He won’t, won’t he? Then bring me my boots. Richard Harris Barham

Richard Barnfield

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part. Richard Barnfield As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a [...]

Roy Barnes

Enhancing revenues will help us improve education and solve our infrastructure problems. Roy Barnes Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can’t rest on our laurels. Roy Barnes I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government. Roy Barnes Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth. [...]

Robert Barnes

It was terrible on dates, because I could never eat when I was on a date. Robert Barnes What I am telling you is that Matta had a way of making you feel comfortable and that’s probably why he had nine wives because he made them feel comfortable and then uncomfortable later. Robert Barnes But [...]

Roseanne Barr

There’s a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there’s a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect. Roseanne Barr It’s okay to be fat. So you’re fat. Just be fat and shut up about it. Roseanne Barr My hope is that gays will be [...]

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