B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Because the American people champion liberty, more people in the world live free today than at any time in history. Yet, there is more to be done and it is America who will lead the way.”
“Because the American people have traditionally taken a warlike, but not military, attitude to battle, and because they have always coupled a certain belligerence - no American likes being pushed around - with a complete unwillingness to prepare for combat, the Korean War was difficult, perhaps the most difficult in their history.”
“Because the artist deals in future realities, he always seeks improvements or changes in the existing reality. This makes the artist, inevitably and invariably, a rebel against the status quo. The artist, day by day, by postulating the new realities of the future, accomplishes peaceful revolution.”
“Because the average negro organization, especially, can't see the problem in its entirety. They can't even see that the problem is so big that their own organization as such, by itself, can never come to a, can never come up with a solution.”
“Because the aviator-organisms are flexible with the atmospheric attributes of the area they’re flying in, the other three races theorized and overall concluded that all aviator-organisms were unable to incisively analyze their surroundings and formulate an opinion, and, with their putative lack of incisiveness, the other races concluded that they’ll be unable to find a permanent, suitable abode for themselves, as they thought that they’ll be constantly flying in search for one, and, therefore, become so tired that the aviator-organisms would be unable to provide for themselves. Because they would be unable to provide for themselves, they would become extinct. The other three races did not compile a sufficient amount of evidentiary support to prove that it is possible for the entire concatenation of events to actually occur. They used the slippery slope fallacy, which would make them slip and suffer a downfall.”
Source: Logicalard Fallacoid
“Because the battle for good does not make the front page news does not mean that there is less of it than what does make the front page news. In fact, we would be wise to understand that in our current cultural climate, its absence speaks to the power of its presence.”
“Because the beast doesn't get the beauty.”
“Because the beauty of the human body is that it hasn't a single muscle which doesn't serve its purpose; that there's not a line wasted; that every detail of it fits one idea, the idea of a man and the life of a man.”
Source: The Fountainhead
“Because the beings from that planet are now circling Earth in a ship the size of a small moon, threatening to destroy all human life if we don’t cooperate.”
Source: The Balance of Time
“Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation.”
“Because the best gift in life, is just having someone to drink hot chocolate with”
Source: Heaven Has No Regrets
“Because the Bible is God’s Word, it has eternal relevance; it speaks to all humankind, in every age and in every culture.”
Source: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
“Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment."”
Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819
“Because the bill vests in the said incorporated church an authority to provide for the support of the poor and the education of poor children of the same, an authority which, being altogether superfluous if the provision is to be the result of pious charity, would be a precedent for giving to religious societies as such a legal agency in carrying into effect a public and civil duty.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator.”
“Because the birdsong might be pretty,
But it's not for you they sing,
And if you think my winter is too cold,
You don't deserve my spring.”
“Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.”
“Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock n' roll. It's related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition.”
“Because the body is the end product of intelligence and how that intelligence shapes your reality will shape the reality of the body.”
“Because the bulk of a platform's value is created by its community of users, the platform business must shift its focus from internal activities to external activities. In the process the firm inverts-it turns inside out, with functions from marketing to information technology to operations to strategy all increasingly centering on people, resources, and functions that exist outside the business, complementing or replacing those that exists inside a traditional business.”
Source: Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy―and How to Make Them Work for You
“Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, both chambers of Congress acted to make sure our troops will not be left in Iraq indefinitely.”
“Because the casual music listeners are the ones who turn on the radio and they don't really care what's playing, they just know that they kinda like it or it's easy to drive to or it's easy to sing along to or whatever.”
“Because the chainsaw is running doesn’t mean that you didn’t put the chain on backwards.”
“Because the challenges will continue to show up in life, but if you have the inner strength - whether that be your faith, your determination or your incredible love for self, for God and for others - then I think you'll have the capacity to live a life that's extremely fulfilled.”
“Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He is a sellout and a fink and a heretic, because writing is a holy chore.”
Source: Dangerous Visions
“Because the child does not have the power to withhold consent, she does not have the power to grant it.”
Source: Father-Daughter Incest
“Because the child must have a valuable thing which is called imagination. The child must have a secret world in which live things that never were. It is necessary that she believe. She must start out believing in things not of this world. Then when the world becomes too ugly for living in, the child can reach back and live in her imagination.”
Source: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.”
“Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.”
“Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.”
“Because the cost of energy is blended into the cost of everything, changes in the cost of energy have the power to transform lives.”
Source: Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability
“Because the creator of all the worlds cannot be a participant in
worldly matters. Gods are the detached operators of the contents of
this Universe- the Brahmand; which consists of twenty Lokas: Six are
above the Prithivi, the mother Earth and they ago by the name - Jan,
Tap, Satyam, Mah, Swa, Bhuv. A total of seven Lokas, including our
earth - Prithivi Lok. Then there are fourteen Lokas below the Earth,
of which seven are the Naraks, meaning hells and they go by the name
of; Aveech, Mahakal, Ambrish, Rorav, Maharorav, Mahasutra and
Andhatamisr. Above them are the seven Patal Lokas below the earth
namely- Mahatal, Rasatal, Atal, Sutal, Vital, Talatal and the Patal.”
Source: The Chronicle of Sapta Sindhu
“Because the culture we breathe and work in rushes against rest. It equates our worth with production and wealth and fame. The more we work toward those goals, the more society assigns us worth.”
“Because the dark, the parents said, the dark is full of things it is definitely better not to meet.”
Source: Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest
“Because the day that we die, it's not going to be tomorrow." He said it with the certainty of a Demdji truth-telling even though he was entirely human.”
Source: Hero at the Fall
“Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.”
“Because the development of inner calm and energy happens completely within and isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.”
“Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief.”
Source: Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation
“Because the difference between a friend and a real friend is that you and the real friend come from the same territory, of the same place deep inside you, and that means you see the world in the same kind of way. You know each other even before you do.”
Source: Sky Bridge
“Because the divine goodness could not be adequately represented by one creature alone, God produced many and diverse creatures, that what was wanting in one in the representation of the divine goodness might be supplied by another. For goodness, which in God is simple and uniform, in creatures is manifold and divided. Thus the whole universe together participates in the divine goodness more perfectly and represents it better than any single creature.”
“Because the doctors I saw couldn't work out what was the matter with me, they made the extraordinary decision that it was not they who were ignorant, it was I who was mad.”
“Because the drug war has been waged almost exclusively in poor communities of color, when drug offenders are released, they are generally returned to racially segregated ghetto communities--the places they call home. In many cities, the re-entry phenomenon is highly concentrated in a small number of neighborhoods. According to one study, during a twelve-year period, the number of prisoners returning home to "core counties"--those counties that contain the inner city of a metropolitan area--tripled. The effects are felt throughout the United States. In interviews with one hundred residents of two Tallahassee, Florida communities, researchers found that nearly every one of them had experienced or expected to experience the return of a family member from prison. Similarly, a survey of families living in the Robert Taylor Homes in Chicago found that the majority of residents either had a family member in prison or expected one to return from prison within the next two years. Fully 70 percent of men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the impoverished and overwhelmingly black North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side are ex-offenders, saddled for life with a criminal record. The majority (60 percent) were incarcerated for drug offenses. These neighborhoods are a minefield for parolees, for a standard condition of parole is a promise not to associate with felons. As Paula Wolff, a senior executive at Chicago Metropolis 2020 observes, in these ghetto neighborhoods, "It is hard for a parolee to walk to the corner store to get a carton of milk without being subject to a parole violation.”
Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
“Because the dumb slut slept with him, and he’s too nice to–” WHAM, out of nowhere he nose-butts me in the fist!”
Source: Crushed
“Because the earth is not a product of labour it cannot have a value.”
“Because the enormous narcissism of their parents deprived Will and Tom of suitable role models, both brothers learned to identify with absence. Consequently, even if something beneficial fortuitously entered their lives they immediately treated it as temporary. By the time they were teenagers they were already accustomed to a discontinuous lifestyle marked by constant threats of abandonment and the lack of any emotional stability. Unfortunately, "accustomed to" here is really synonymous with "damaged by.”
Source: Mark Z. Danielewski's House of leaves
“Because the eternal principle of agency gives us the freedom to choose and think for ourselves, we should become increasingly able to solve problems. We may make the occasional mistake, but as long as we are following gospel principles and guidelines, we can learn from those mistakes and become more understanding of others and more effective in serving them.”
“Because the European does not know his own unconscious, he does not understand the East and projects it into everything he fears and despises in himself.”
Source: The Collected Works
“Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion.”
“Because the exponential distribution is so mathematically convenient, it is tempting to use it even when it is not appropriate.”
Source: Operating Systems: Principles and Practice
“Because the eye has seen, thoughts are structured upon images and not upon ideas.”