B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.”
“Because software is all about scale. The larger you are, the more profitable you are. If we sell twice as much as software, it doesn't cost us twice as much to build that software. So the more customers you have, the more scale you have. The larger you are, the more profitable you are.”
“Because some decision hurts us beyond measure does mean that that decision is wrong beyond explanation, for some of the most vital decisions we will ever make are often the most painful ones that we will ever experience.”
“Because some decision hurts us beyond measure does not mean that that decision is wrong beyond explanation, for some of the most vital decisions we will ever make are often the most painful ones that we will ever experience.”
“Because some girls don't just fall down; some fall from grace.”
Source: Westcott High
“Because some people have sex with people of the same sex, an entire culture has been created, broadly speaking, out of oppression. Which in a rational world would not be an issue.”
“Because some people never grow up, or not in a way that allows them to develop the courage of their convictions.”
Source: The Arms Maker of Berlin
“Because some people see a wall, and assume that's the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it's just the beginning.”
“Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead”
Source: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents: (Discworld Novel 28)
“Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.”
“Because some things in life just hurt so much that you need to feel physical pain to start to heal from it.”
Source: The Hysterics
“because some things
sometimes
aren't ours to hold,
but just beautiful
to listen to.”
Source: Turquoise Silence
“Because some things that seem unimportant now can change the course of human history -- and I am a student of human history.”
Source: Another Faust
“Because somehow, the sun rises each day. Emerging from the horizon, brighter and more beautiful than the previous day. You'll rise from the horizon too, learning to trust again. Learning to love again. Learning to heal. You'll emerge so bright that the haters will be blinded. And darling, you'll be the sun then, bright and beautiful, but they won't be your sunflowers.”
“Because someone imagined it so we have, if you can imagine it you can release it.”
“Because someone is a lama or is part of a monastic order or claims to be part of a succession, doesn't really mean they know anything. Always examine the individual's consciousness, their ability to transmit light.”
“Because someone stole Gregory Peck's star on Hollywood Blvd., I have hired a Brink's guard to protect my star!”
“Because something in him know she'd be there. That she was waiting. Because that's what mothers do. They wait. They stand still until their children belong to someone else.”
Source: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Because something inside of my heart is ripping apart and it feels like fear, it tastes like panic and anxiety and desperation and I don't know how to understand th image in front of me. I don't want to see Warner like this. I don't want to think of him as anything other than a monster.
This isn't right”
Source: Unravel Me
“Because something is commonised does not mean it is not exceptional beyond commonplace.”
“Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences. You can spin it any way you like... But in the end, who does it benefit? No one. The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen”
Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children’s lives to settle its differences.”
Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy
“Because sometimes, even when you can’t see their face…
you can still feel them watching.”
Source: TOXIC OBSESSION
“Because sometimes I have a need for human warmth, I answered honestly.
Sometimes, if I can't feel something like the warmth of a woman's skin, I get so lonely I can't stand it.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“Because sometimes I live in a hurricane of words and not one of them can save me.”
Source: Words under the words: selected poems
“Because…sometimes I think you meet people and they make you better, even if you’re not with them forever.”
Source: Lionhead
“Because sometimes listening to something will connect to a feeling, it will allow you to emote subconsciously, and you don't even understand why you're in it.”
“Because sometimes Lucky wanted to change everything, all the bad things that had happened, and sometimes she wanted everything to stay the same forever.”
Source: The Higher Power of Lucky
“Because sometimes not liking someone is easier.”
Source: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (B&N Custom Pub)
“Because sometimes people lie when they think it's easier.”
“Because sometimes people who seem good
end up being not as good as you might have hoped.”
Source: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Because sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could.”
Source: Better Off Friends
“Because sometimes strength isn't swords and steel and fire, as we are so often made to believe. Sometimes it's found in quiet, gentle places.”
“Because sometimes that is the only way to remember what is in your bones. You must peel off your skin, and that of your mother, and her mother. Until there is nothing. No scar, no skin, no flesh. -An-mei”
Source: The Joy Luck Club
“Because sometimes the best leaders are the ones who have no interest in leading. Those are often the ones who are most interested in doing what is right, not what is popular.”
Source: The Testing 2: Independent Study
“Because sometimes, the breakdown is the gateway. To presence. To Connection. To the kind of joy you can't plan for".”
Source: Just Ask Your Self
“Because sometimes there's more worth in silence than noise. Sometimes everything you need to know is contained in that small quiet space. Sometimes we get so caught up in distraction and noise and seeking other people's approval we forget the quiet seed of truth that lives in our hearts. But just because we fail to tune in to it, doesn't mean it's not there.”
“Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.”
Source: Catching Fire
“Because sometimes when someone is telling you something really important, it’s best to just let there be silence, to really think about what they’re saying. A lot of times people think they have to say something all insightful or wise or something to try and make the person feel better. But really, sometimes silence is best.”
Source: The Thing About the Truth
“Because sometimes when things are going really well, we find the one thing we're pretending we're not looking for.”
Source: Only Mine
“Because sometimes women cry when there’s good news. Tears of relief. You know, catharsis.” His expression was utterly blank. “Haven’t you ever cried when you, I don’t know, you get a new batch of that fancy stationery you like with the watermarks on it?” He looked bewildered. “That’s what you think I’d cry tears of relief about?” “You do like your office supplies.”
Source: Biting Bad
“Because sometimes you have no control over life and it keeps you far away from who you love.”
Source: The Lazarus Project
“Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.”
“Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”
“Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.”
Source: Boy Meets Boy
“Because sometimes, a man could do nothing about where he came from, he could only control where he went”
“Because sorry to say, women run the house. They run the family. They hold things up. I mean, it's like you don't ever see your mom get sick because she handles everything. And it's kind of amazing I think to show people just how strong women are.”
“Because startups often accidentally build something nobody wants, it doesn’t matter much if they do it on time and on budget. The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to build - the thing customers want and will pay for - as quickly as possible.”
Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
“Because stories lie hidden inside other stories, and we always know more about any given thing than we think we do, even if the only thing we think we know is nothing.”
Source: Experimental Film
“Because students leave school without financial skills, millions of educated people pursue their profession successfully, but later find themselves, struggling financially.”
Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!