Bacon, Sir Francis : The folly of one man is the fortune of another. (Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

Bacon, Sir Francis : Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. (Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. [The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.] (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Sir Francis : Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. (Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher and statesman who is credited with having developed the scientific method, 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Ernst : Dancing is the body made poetic. (Ernst Bacon, U.S. composer, pianist, conductor, and prolific author who received three Guggenheim Fellowships and a Pulitzer Scholarship, 1898-1990)

Bacon, Francis : Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Bacon, Francis : They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

Baez, Joan : The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. (Joan Baez, U.S. folksinger and social activist, Born 1941)

Baez, Joan : You don't get to choose how or when you're going to die. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now!. (Joan Baez, U.S. folksinger and social activist, Born 1941)

Baez, Joan : The easiest kind of relationship for me is with 10,000 people. The hardest is with one. (Joan Baez, U.S. singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice, Born 1941)

Baez, Joan : You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. (Joan Baez, U.S. singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose folk music often includes songs of protest, Born 1941)

Bain, Alexander : Instinct is untaught ability. (Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educationalist who founded Mind, the first ever journal of psychology and analytical philosophy, and was the leading figure in establishing and applying the scientific method to psychology, 1818-1903)

Baker, Gerard : Journalism provides the first draft of history. (Gerard Baker, British-American journalist and editor- in-chief of Wall Street Journal)

Baldwin, James : Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, James : The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, James : I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, James : Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, James : I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates and anger so stubbornly is becausethey sense, once hate or anger is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, James : I imagine that one of the reasons people cling to their hates and anger so stubbornly is becausethey sense, once hate or anger is gone, that they will be forced to deal with pain. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Baldwin, Stanley : I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it. (Stanley Baldwin, British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister on three occasions, 1867-1947)

Baldwin, Stanley : War would end if the dead could return. (Stanley Baldwin, British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister on three occasions, 1867-1947)

Baldwin, James : This world is white no longer, and it will never be white again. (James Baldwin, U.S. novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, focused on racial, sexual, and class distinctions, 1924-1987)

Balfour, James : I never forgive, but I always forget. (James Balfour, Scottish landowner and politician, 1775-1845)

Ball, George W. : Nostalgia is a seductive liar. (George W. Ball, U.S. diplomat and banker, 1909-1994)

Ball, Ivern : Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch. (Ivern Ball, U.S. amateur writer of aphorisms, 1926-1992)

Ballou, Hosea : Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. (Hosea Ballou, U.S. Universalist clergyman, 1771-1852)

Balzac, Honore De : Necessity is often the spur to genius. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

Balzac, Honore De : The heart of a mother is a deep abyss, at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

Balzac, Honore De : I believe in the incomprehensibility of God. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

Balzac, Honore De : Modesty is the conscience of the body. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

Balzac, Honore De : Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

Bangs, Richard : It is through travel that we catch a glimpse of the unity, the continuous and the discrete, the forest and the trees -the pieces of the mosaic that give us the sum of life. (Richard Bangs, U.S. travel writer, Born 1950)

Bangs, Richard : It is through travel that we catch a glimpse of the unity, the continuous and the discrete, the forest and the trees -the pieces of the mosaic that give us the sum of life. (Richard Bangs, U.S. travel writer, Born 1950)

Barak, Aharon : Although a democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back, it nonetheless has the upper hand. (Aharon Barak, Israeli law professor, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel, Born 1936)

Bardot, Brigitte : It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. (Brigitte Bardot, French film actress and leading spokesperson for animal rights, Born 1934)

Bardot, Brigitte : I leave before being left. I decide. (Brigitte Bardot, French former actress, singer, sex symbol, and animal rights activist, Born 1934)

Bardot, Brigitte : I leave before being left. I decide. (Brigitte Bardot, French former actress, singer, sex symbol, and animal rights activist, Born 1934)

Barere, Bertrand : The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. (Bertrand Barere, French politician, freemason, journalist, and one of the most prominent leaders of the French Revolution, 1755-1841)

Barkley, Alvin : The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk. (Alvin Barkley, U.S. lawyer and politician who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States, 1877-1956)

Barlow, John Perry : The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy. (John Perry Barlow, U.S. poet, cattle rancher, and political activist, Born 1947)

Barr, Amelia : Truth can be outraged by silence quite as cruelly as by speech. (Amelia Barr, British teacher and novelist who wrote about the capacity of women to be successful, 1831-1919)

Barrie, James M. : We've been warned against letting the golden hours slip by, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by. (James M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937)

Barrie, James M. : Life is a long lesson in humility. (James M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937)

Barrie, James M. : Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. (James M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937)

Barrie, James M. : You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by. (James M. Barrie, Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan, 1860-1937)

Barrymore, Ethel : Wrinkles should only indicate where smiles have been. (Ethel Barrymore, U.S. actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors, 1879-1959)

Bartholomew, Saint : Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you. (Saint Bartholomew, born in Galilee and one of the twelve apostles of Jesus)

Barton, Bruce : Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance. (Bruce Barton, U.S. author, advertising executive, and politician, 1886-1967)

Baruch, Bernard M. : The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. (Bernard M. Baruch, U.S. financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant, 1870-1965)

Baruch, Bernard M. : Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. (Bernard M. Baruch, U.S. financier, stock investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant, 1870-1965)

Baruch, Bernard : The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. (Bernard Baruch, U.S. statesman and financier, 1870-1965)

Basho, Matsuo : Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. (Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet who is recognized as the greatest master of Haiku, 1644-1694)

Bastiat, Frederic : When plunder [corruption] becomes a way of life for a group of men living in society, they create for themselves . . . a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. (Frederic Bastiat, French writer and economist, 1801-1850)

Bates, Marston : Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. (Marston Bates, U.S. zoologist who contributed to the understanding of the epidemiology of yellow fever in South America, 1906-1974)

Bates, Daisy : No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies. (Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer, 1914-1919)

Beard, Charles A. : When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. (Charles A. Beard, U.S. historian, 1874-1948)

Beattie, Ann : People forget years and remember moments. (Ann Beattie, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, Born 1947)

Beaumarchais, Pierre : Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise. (Pierre Beaumarchais, French diplomat and polymath, 1732-1799)

Beausacq, Diane De : Parents are friends that life gives us; friends are parents that the heart chooses. (Diane de Beausacq, French writer, 1829-1899)

Beauvoir, Simone De : In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)

Beauvoir, Simone De : You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)

Beauvoir, Simone De : It's not a very big step from contentment to complacency. (Simone de Beauvoir, French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist, 1908-1986)

Beck, Fred : If you are swept off your feet, it's time to get on your knees. (Fred Beck, U.S. major league baseball player, 1886-1962)

Beecher, Henry Ward : The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a 'but'. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : No man is more cheated than the selfish man. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman and social reformer, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : All words are pegs to hang ideas on. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beecher, Henry Ward : It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement. (Henry Ward Beecher, U.S. clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, 1813-1887)

Beerbohm, Max : The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends. (Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist and caricaturist, 1872-1956)

Behan, Brendan : Many of our fears are tissue paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. (Brendan Behan, Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish, 1923-1964)

Behan, Brendan Francis : Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. (Brendan Francis Behan, Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish, 1923-1964)

Behan, Brendan Francis : Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. (Brendan Francis Behan, Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both English and Irish, 1923-1964)

Bellow, Saul : I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires. (Susan B. Anthony, U.S. reformer and suffragist, 1820-1906Death: As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die. (Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and painter, 1898-1936Illusions: The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. (Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet, novelist, and playwright, 1799-1837Memories: Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. (Saul Bellow, Canadian-born U.S. writer, Nobel laureate, 1915-2005)

Bellow, Saul : A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. (Saul Bellow, Canadian-born U.S. writer, Nobel laureate, 1915-2005)

Bellow, Saul : Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. (Saul Bellow, Canadian-born U.S. writer, Nobel laureate, 1915-2005)

Bench, Johnny : Slumps in life are like soft beds. They're easy to get into and hard to get out of. (Johnny Bench, U.S. former professional baseball catcher and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Born 1947)

Bendele, Lewis K. : A man without a plan for the day is lost before he starts. (Lewis K. Bendele)

Benedetti, Mario : A pessimist is a well-informed optimist. (Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet, 1920-2009)

Benjamin, Walter : History is written by the victors. (Walter Benjamin, German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist, 1892-1940)

Bergson, Henri : The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. (Henri Bergson, French-Jewish philosopher who was known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality, 1859-1941)

Berle, Milton : Sex at eighty-four is terrific, especially the one in the winter. (Milton Berle, U.S. comedian, actor. and the first major U.S. television star, known as 'Uncle Miltie,' 1908-2002)

Berle, Milton : A committee is a group of people who keep minutes and waste hours. (Milton Berle, U.S. comedian, actor, and TV host, 1908-2002)

Berlioz, Hector : The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. (Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer and symphony conductor, 1803-1869)

Berlioz, Hector : The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. (Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer and symphony conductor, 1803-1869)

Bernard, Claude : Art is I; science is we. (Claude Bernard, French physiologist who was one of the first to suggest the use of blind experiments to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations, 1913-1878)

Berners-lee, Tim : Protect net neutrality so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated. (Tim Berners-Lee, British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Born 1955)

Berra, Yogi : The game isn't over until it's over. (Yogi Berra, U.S. professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager and coach and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1925-2015)

Berry, John : The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. (John Berry, U.S. country music artist, Born 1959)

Berry, John : The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. (John Berry, U.S. country music artist, Born 1959)

Berry, Wendell : We are far more concerned about the desecration of the flag than we are about the desecration of our land. (Wendell Berry, novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, Born 1934)

Berry, Wendell : Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you. (Wendell Berry, U.S. farmer, environmentalist activist, cultural critic, Born 1934)

Beveridge, William : Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege. (William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer, 1879-1963)

Beveridge, William : Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. (William Beveridge, British economist and social reformer, 1879-1963)

Bharara, Preet : If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. (Edward Hopper, U.S. realist painter, 1882-1967Ambition: If you're looking too far down the road, you're not seeing what's right in front of you. (Preet Bharara, Indian-American attorney, Born 1968)

Bharara, Preet : If you're looking too far down the road, you're not seeing what's right in front of you. (Preet Bharara, Indian-American attorney, Born 1968)

Bible, Latin : He who lives by the sword dies by the sword. (Latin Bible, in the Gospel of Matthew)

Bible, The : He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone. (The Bible)

Bible, The : Prayer is the key, but faith unlocks the door. (The Bible)

Bible, The : Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (The Bible)

Bible, The : Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. (The Bible)

Bible, The : He that spareth his rod hateth his son. (The Bible)

Bible, The : Thou shalt not bear witness against thy neighbor. (The Bible)

Bible, The : I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. (The Bible)

Bible, The : A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. (The Bible)

Bible, The : Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. (the Bible)

Bible, The : What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (The Bible)

Bidault, Georges : The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. (Georges Bidault, French politician, 1899-1983)

Bierce, Ambrose : An acquaintance is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

Bierce, Ambrose : Politeness is the most acceptable hypocrisy. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

Bierce, Ambrose : Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one. (Ambrose Bierce, U.S. Civil War soldier, wit, writer, and editor, 1842-1914)

Biggs, Richard : Burn brightly without burning out. (Richard Biggs, U.S. television and stage actor, 1960-2004)

Biko, Steve : The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. (Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist, 1946-1977)

Billings, Josh : Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : The trouble ain't that people are ignorant. It's that they know so much that ain't so. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : The truly innocent are those who not only are guiltless themselves, but who think others are. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her nose all the time. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his estimation, and yours too. (Josh Billings, U.S. humor writer and lecturer, often compared to Mark Twain, 1818-1895)

Billings, Josh : As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Josh : As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. (Josh Billings, U.S. columnist and humorist, 1818-1885)

Billings, Victoria : Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins. (Victoria Billings, U.S. journalist, Born 1945))

Binstock, Louis : Failure is something made only by those who fail to dare, not by those who dare to fail. (Louis Binstock, U.S. Rabbi, 1895-1974)

Birney, Earle : The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance and the human voice. (Earle Birney, Canadian poet and novelist, 1904-1995)

Bishop, Jim : Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. (Jim Bishop, U.S. journalist and author, 1907-1987)

Blackstone, Sir William : It is better ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. (Sir William Blackstone, English jurist, judge, and politician who is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1728-1780)

Blaik, Red : The champion makes his own luck. (Red Blaik, U.S. football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and U.S. Army officer, 1897-1989)

Blake, William : The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

Blake, William : No bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

Blake, William : I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

Blake, William : No bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

Blake, William : A truth that's told with bad intent - beats all the lies you can invent. (William Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker, 1757-1827)

Blakely, Sarah : Failure is sometimes a matter of not trying rather than not succeeding. (Sarah Blakely, U.S. billionaire businesswoman, Born 1971)

Blum, Arlene : You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away. (Arlene Blum, U.S. mountaineer, writer, and environmental health scientist. Born 1945)

Bodenheim, Maxwell : Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the color of the wind. (Maxwell Bodenheim, U.S. poet and novelist whose writing brought him international notoriety during the Jazz Age of the 1920s, 1892-1954)

Bogan, Louise : True revolutions . . . restore more than they destroy. (Louise Bogan, U.S. poet who was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress, 1897-1970)

Bogomoletz, Alexander A. : One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love and to long life. (Alexander A. Bogomoletz, Ukrainian pathphysiologist, 1881-1946)

Bohn, H.G. : Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. (H.G. Bohn, British publisher and founder of Bohns Libraries, 1796-1884)

Bohn, H.G. : A friend is someone who knows all about you, and loves you just the same. (H.G. Bohn, British publisher and founder of Bohns Libraries, 1796-1884)

Bohr, Niels : The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. (Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and leader in understanding atomic structure and quantum theory for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1885-1962)

Bohr, Niels : No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical. (Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, promoter of scientific research, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1885-1962)

Bohr, Niels : the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. (Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, promoter of scientific research, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1885-1962)

Bok, Derek : If you think education is expensive - try ignorance. (Derek Bok, U.S. lawyer, educator, and the former president of Harvard University, Born 1930)

Bolton, Robert Oxton : A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses. It is an idea that possesses the mind. (Robert Oxton Bolton, English clergyman and academic, 1572-1631)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader during the French Revolution who also served twice as Emperor of the French, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : A leader is a dealer in hope. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : The human race is governed by its imagination. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : It requires more courage to suffer than to die. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader during the French Revolution who also served twice as Emperor of the French, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : Circumstances--what are circumstances? I make circumstances. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader during the French Revolution who also served twice as Emperor of the French, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : A leader is a dealer in hope. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make oneself its slave. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonaparte, Napoleon : Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader who twice served as the Emperor of the French and built a large empire that ruled over continental Europe, 1769-1821)

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich : First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, 1906-1945)

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich : Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, 1906-1945)

Bono, Edward De : Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. (Edward De Bono, Maltese physician, psychologist, author, and inventor, Born 1933)

Bookchin, Murray : If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable. (Murray Bookchin, U.S. libertarian socialist author, historian, and political theorist, who was a pioneer in the ecology movement, 1921-2006)

Bookchin, Murray : If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable. (Murray Bookchin, U.S. libertarian socialist author, historian, and political theorist, who was a pioneer in the ecology movement, 1921-2006)

Booker, Salih : We must draw the critical connections between lives lost to intentional violent acts and lives lost to structural injustices — impoverishment and inequality — around the world. (Salih Booker, U.S. administrator of human rights organization, Born 1958)

Booker, Salih : We must draw the critical connections between lives lost to intentional violent acts and lives lost to structural injustices - impoverishment and inequality - around the world. (Salih Booker, U.S. administrator of human rights organization, Born 1958)

Boom, Corrie Ten : The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. (Corrie ten Boom, Dutch watchmaker who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust, but who was arrested and sent to a Nazi concentration camp, 1892-1983)

Boom, Corrie Ten : Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. (Corrie ten Boom, Dutch watchmaker who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust, but who was arrested and sent to a Nazi concentration camp, 1892-1983)

Boom, Corrie Ten : Faith is like radar that sees through the fog-the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see. (Corrie ten Boom, Dutch watchmaker who helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust, but who was arrested and sent to a Nazi concentration camp, 1892-1983)

Boorstin, Daniel J. : The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. historian, professor, attorney, and writer, 1914-2004)

Boorstin, Daniel J. : The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. (Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. historian, professor, attorney, and writer, 1914-2004)

Booth, Edwin : An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow. (Edwin Booth, U.S. Shakespearean actor, 1883-1893)

Borge, Victor : Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. (Victor Borge, Danish comedian and pianist, 1909-2000)

Borges, Jorge Luis : All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. (Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine essayist and poet, 1899-1986)

Borland, Hal : Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. (Hal Borland, U.S. author and journalist, 1900-1978)

Boseley, Sarah : If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world. (Sarah Boseley, U.S. writer, editor of the Guardian, and recipient of several awards for her worldwide health-related projects)

Bosley, Keith : Music touches places beyond our touching. (Keith Bosley, British poet and translator, 1937-2018)

Bott, Uwe : Free and fair elections are a necessary - but not sufficient - condition of democracy. (Uwe Bott, U.S. international political-economic consultant, Born 1956)

Bottome, Phyllis : Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness. (Phyllis Bottome, British novelist and short story writer., 1884-1963)

Bourgeois, Louise : An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing. (Louise Bourgeois, French-American artist who is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, 1911-2010)

Bovee, Christian : Example has more followers than reason. (Christian Bovee, U.S. writer of aphorisms, 1820-1904)

Bovee, Christian : When all else is lost, the future still remains. (Christian Bovee, U.S. writer, 1820-1904)

Bovee, Christian : Many children, many cares. No children, no felicity. (Christian Bovee, U.S. writer, 1820-1904)

Bowen, Catherine Drinker : Chamber music - a conversation among friends. (Catherine Drinker Bowen, U.S. writer and recipient of the National Book Award, 1897-1973)

Bowen, Ezra : If thee marries for money, thee surely will earn it. (Ezra Bowen, U.S. politician)

Bowles, Paul : The world is there to see and one should know as much about it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it. (Paul Bowles, U.S. expatriate composer and author in Morocco, 1910-1999)

Boyee, Christian Nestell : Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer. (Christian Nestell Boyee, U.S. writer, 1820-1904)

Boyee, Christian Nestell : No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. (Christian Nestell Boyee, U.S. writer, 1820-1904)

Bradbury, Ray : Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. (Ray Bradbury, U.S. author and screenwriter who wrote in a variety of genres, 1920-2012)

Bradbury, Ray : You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. (Ray Bradbury, U.S. author and screenwriter, 1920-2012)

Bradbury, Ray : You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. (Ray Bradbury, U.S. author and screenwriter, 1920-2012)

Bradbury, Ray : Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage. (Ray Bradbury, U.S. author and screenwriter, 1920-2012)

Bradlee, Benjamin : News is the first rough draft of history. (Benjamin Bradlee, U.S. newspaperman and long-term executive editor of The Washington Post, 1921-2014)

Bradley, Bill : Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. (Bill Bradley, U.S. politician and former professional basketball player, Born 1943)

Brancusi, Constantin : Architecture is inhabited sculpture. (Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor, 1876-1957)

Brancusi, Constantin : Architecture is inhabited sculpture. (Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor, 1876-1957)

Brande, Dorothea : The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. (Dorothea Brande, U.S. writer and editor, 1893-1948)

Brande, Dorothea : A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved. (Dorothea Brande, U.S. writer and editor, 1893-1948)

Brande, Dorothea : Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion. (Dorothea Brande, U.S. writer and editor, 1893-1948)

Brandeis, Louis : No one can really pull you up very high when you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, known as the “People's Lawyer,” 1856-1941)

Brandeis, Louis : America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1856-1941)

Brandeis, Louis : We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of few. But we can't have both. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1856-1941)

Brandeis, Louis : No one can really pull you up very high when you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, known as the “People's Lawyer,” 1856-1941)

Brandeis, Louis : We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1856-1941)

Brandeis, Louis : If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. (Louis Brandeis, U.S. lawyer and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1856-1941)

Brandt, Anthony J. : Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. (Anthony J. Brandt, U.S. author, 1961-2013)

Brault, Robert : Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence. (Robert Brault, U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

Brault, Robert : Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. (Robert Brault, U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

Brault, Robert : Sometimes we can't find the thing that will make us happy, because we can't let go of the thing that was supposed to. (Robert Brault, U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

Brault, Robert : In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to. (Robert Brault, U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

Brault, Robert : Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence. (Robert Brault, U.S. operatic tenor, Born 1963)

Braun, Werner Von : Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. (Werner Von Braun, German- American aerospace engineer and space architect, 1912-1977)

Braun, Werner Von : I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. (Werner Von Braun, German- American aerospace engineer and space architect, 1912-1977)

Breathnach, Sarah Ban : Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make. (Sarah Ban Breathnach, U.S. best-selling author)

Brewster, Kingman : There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness. (Kingman Brewster, U.S. educator, president of Yale University, and diplomat, 1919-1988)

Brickner, Barnett R. : Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. (Barnett R. Brickner, U.S. Rabbi and founder of the Natl. Jewish Education Association, 1892-1958)

Bright, John : Popular applause veers with the wind. (John Bright, British orator and Radical Liberal statesman, 1811-1889)

Brisben, J. Quinn : The most dangerous political force In America today is a long memory � and memory will not die in the Special Collections room of a good library. (J. Quinn Brisben, U.S. teacher and political activist, 1934-2012)

Brisben, J. Quinn : The most dangerous political force In the U.S. today is a long memory � and memory will not die in the Special Collections room of a good library. (J. Quinn Brisben, U.S. teacher and political activist, 1934-2012)

Bronte, Charlotte : Better to be without logic than without feeling. (Charlotte Bronte, English novelist and poet, 1816-1855)

Bronte, Anne : It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe. (Anne Bronte, English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family, 1820-1849)

Brooks, David : The world is too complicated to fit into one political system. . . . Progress is made by finding balance between competing truths - between freedom and security, diversity and solidarity. (David Brooks, U.S. author as well as political and cultural commentator, Born 1961)

Brothers, Joyce : I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. (Joyce Brothers, U.S. psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column for 53 years, 1927-2013)

Brothers, Joyce : The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all. (Joyce Brothers, U.S. psychologist and television personality who for 53 years wrote a daily newspaper advice column, 1927-2013)

Brown, Trisha : Dancing on the edge is the only place to be. (Trisha Brown, U.S. choreographer and dancer, 1936-2017)

Brown, Thomas Edward : A rich man's joke is always funny. (Thomas Edward Brown, British scholar, schoolmaster, poet, and theologian, 1830-1897)

Brown, Rita Mae : The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself. (Rita Mae Brown, U.S. writer and feminist, Born 1944)

Brown, Dan : Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand. (Dan Brown, U.S. novelist, Born 1964)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett : Good, to forgive; Best, to forget. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet of the Victorian era, 1806-1861)

Browning, Robert : Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once. (Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1812-1889)

Browning, Robert : The best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made. (Robert Browning, English poet and playwright, 1812-1889)

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett : Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet of the Victorian era, 1806-1861)

Bruner, Jerome : The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion --- these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work. (Jerome Bruner, U.S. psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory, 1915-2016)

Brunner, John : If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing. (John Brunner, British write of science fiction novels, 1934-1995)

Bryson, Lyman Lloyd : We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped. (Lyman Lloyd Bryson, U.S. educator, media advisor, and author, 1888-1959)

Bryson, Bill : Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling, and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. (Bill Bryson, U.S. author, Born 1951)

Buchan, John : We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. (John Buchan, Scottishpoet, novelist, historian, and politician, 1875-1940)

Buchanan, Edna : Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. (Edna Buchanan, U.S. novelist, Born 1939)

Buck, Pearl : One faces the future with one's past. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : The test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. (George Orwell, English writer, 1903-1950Disabilities: The test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : When hope is taken away from the people, moral degeneration follows swiftly after. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls - even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls - without discovering sooner or later that they are still a prison cell. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : There will be no real content among American women unless they are . . . given equal opportunity with men….. And American men will not be really happy until their women are. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : A foreigner is a friend I have yet to meet. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in the kindness of human beings. I am so absorbed in the wonder of earth and the life upon it that I cannot think of heaven and angels. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : Men cannot be free in a nation where women are forbidden freedom. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buck, Pearl : Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman. (Pearl Buck, U.S. writer, novelist, and recipient of the Pulitzer prize, as well as the first U.S. female recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1892-1973)

Buddha, Gautama : Doubt everything. Find your own light. (Gautama Buddha, an Asian ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded and who lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE)

Buddha, Gautama : He who experiences the unity of life, sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self,and looks on everything with an impartial eye. (Gautama Buddha, an Asian ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded and who lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE)

Buddha, Gautama : Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions. (Gautama Buddha, an Asian ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded and who lived sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE)

Buffet, Warren : I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. (Warren Buffet, U.S. business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Born 1930)

Buffet, Warren : When leaving an inheritance to one's heirs, the perfect amount is enough money so they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing. (Warren Buffet, U.S. business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Born 1930)

Buffet, Warren : You only find out who is entirely naked when the tide goes out. (Warren Buffet, U.S. business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, Born 1930)

Bulwer-lytton, Edward G. : The pen is mightier than the sword. (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, English politician and writer who coined other phrases, such as Pursuit of the almighty dollar and The great unwashed, 1803-1873)

Bulwer-lytton, Edward G. : A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power. (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, English writer and politician who coined the phrases 'the pen is mightier than the sword' and 'pursuit of the almighty dollar', 1803-1873)

Burbank, Luther : Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul. (Luther Burbank, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants, 1849-1926)

Burchfield, Robert : The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable or compressible at the whim of the editor. (Robert Burchfield, New Zealand lexicographer, 1923-2004)

Burchill, Julie : It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not; it's a visa and it runs out fast. (Julie Burchill, English writer and journalist, Born 1959)

Buren, Abigail Van : Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them. (Abigail Van Buren, (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist who authored the “Dear Abby” column, 1918-2013)

Buren, Abigail Van : If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

Buren, Abigail Van : People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

Buren, Abigail Van : Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

Burgess, Anthony : Some words in a dictionary are very much like a car in a large motor show -- full of potential, but temporarily inactive. (Anthony Burgess, English author, 1917-1993)

Burke, Edmund : All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher who served in the British parliament and in the House of Commons, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skills. Our antagonist is our helper. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : Liberty without wisdom and virtue is the greatest of all possible evils. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. (Edmund Burke, Irish statesman who served in the British Parliament, author, orator, and political philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burke, Edmund : People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. (Edmund Burke, Anglo-Irish statesman and philosopher, 1729-1797)

Burnett, Frances Hodgson : At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done. Then they begin to hope it can be done. Then they see it can be done. Then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago. (Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-American novelist and playwright, 1849-1924)

Burns, George : Happiness is having a large, loving, close-knit family — in another city. (George Burns, U.S. comedian, actor, singer, and writer whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television, 1896-1996)

Burns, George : You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoes and wonder what else you can do while you're down there. (George Burns, U.S. comedian, actor, singer, and writer whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television, 1896-1996)

Burns, George : I stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get. (George Burns, U.S. comedian, actor, singer, and writer whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television, 1896-1996)

Burr, Aaron : The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. (Aaron Burr, U.S. politician. Lawyer, and third U.S. vice president serving during President Thomas Jefferson's first term., 1756-1836)

Burton, Henry : Him that makes shoes goes barefoot himself. (Henry Burton, English puritan whose ears were cut off in 1637 for writing pamphlets attacking the views of Archbishop Laud, 1578-1648)

Burton, Robert : Employment is so essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered the mother of misery. (Robert Burton, English scholar at Oxford University, best known for the classic The Anatomy of Melancholy, 1577-1640)

Burton, Henry : One religion is as true as another. (Henry Burton, English puritan whose ears were cut off for writing pamphlets attacking the views of the British Archbishop, 1578-1648)

Buscaglia, Leo : As soon as I place the blame for my failure upon someone else, I limit my opportunities for growth (Leo Buscaglia, U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998)

Buscaglia, Leo : As soon as I place the blame for my failure upon someone else, I limit my opportunities for growth. (Leo Buscaglia, U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998)

Buscaglia, Leo : Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. (Leo Buscaglia, U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998)

Buscaglia, Leo : It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. (Leo Buscaglia, U.S professor and a motivational speaker, 1924-1998)

Butler, Samuel : It is in the uncompromisingness with which dogma is held, and not in the dogma or want of dogma, that the danger lies. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : I can generally bear the separation, but I don't like the leave-taking. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : I can generally bear separation, but I don't like the leave-taking. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : There is one thing certain, namely, that we can have nothing certain; therefore it is not certain that we can have nothing certain. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : Try again, fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : People are lucky and unlucky . . . according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butler, Samuel : Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. (Samuel Butler, English author, 1835-1902)

Butterworth, Eric : God is in you as the ocean is in the wave. (Eric Butterworth, Canadian educator, 1916-2003)

Buxton, Charles : You will never find time for anything. You must make it. (Charles Buxton, English brewer, philanthropist, and member of Parliament, 1823-1871)

Byrnes, James F. : Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life than of death. (James F. Byrnes, U.S. udge and politician,, having served in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and as governor of the state of South Carolina, 1882-1972)

Byron, Lord : When we think we lead we most are led. (Lord Byron, English poet, peer, and politician, 1788-1824)

Byron, Lord : In solitude, when we are least alone. (Lord Byron, English poet and politician who has been recognized as one of the greatest English poets whose work remains widely read and influential, 1788-1824)