B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being daily swallowed by men's eyes, They surfeited with honey and began To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof a little More than a little is by much too much. So, when he had occasion to be seen, He was but as the cuckoo is in June. Heard, not regarded.”
“Being dead broke is the Root of all Evil.”
“Being dead does have its advantages.”-Alastor”
Source: Spiritus
“Being dead is being weak and walled off.”
Source: Casey Agonistes: And Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
“Being dead is one way to experience nothing, another is to attend some classes at my school.”
“Being dead is the most airtight defense of one's own aesthetic.”
Source: 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater
“Being dead means never having to do anything sneaky.”
Source: Burglars Can't Be Choosers
“Being Dead means very light housekeeping”
Source: Black Mirror: The Selected Poems of Roger Gilbert-Lecomte
“Being dead's a drug', he says, 'you'll get hooked on it.”
Source: The Hothouse by the East River
“Being dead was one thing, getting ready for a wedding another.”
Source: Laddie: A True Blue Story
“Being dead wasn't supposed to hurt. Where was the fairness in that? If I was dead, the least the universe could do was make it painless”
“Being dead will be no different from being unborn -- I shall be just as I was in the time of William the Conqueror or the dinosaurs or the trilobites. There is nothing to fear in that.”
Source: The God Delusion
“Being dead's only a problem if you know you're dead, which you never do because you're dead!”
Source: The Corrections: A Novel
“Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.”
“Being deceived into thinking the perks of slavery are a good thing, we can easily aquire a preference for chains and a taste for the slaves rations.”
“Being decent is the only thing that matters in a terrible world like this.”
“Being deemed a fool, even if it is done by a fool, does not hurt, unless you are a fool.”
“Being deeply aware of fragility and ecstasy seems to me an essential part of being alive and living fully - and there's no way for me to separate this from my poems.”
“Being deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding deepens of the silence beneath the noise, of the still deep beneath the waves, of the treasures beneath the water. What lies beneath the surface contrasts with what plays above. Being mindful, we then enter another world, the world of God and his light.”
“Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words; This is good luck.”
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu”
Source: Every Little Thing
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
“Being deeply, passionately, and intensely in love is being deeply, passionately, and intensely in life.”
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right.”
Source: Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
“Being defiant during a crisis is not courageous.
It's reckless.”
“Being defiant is a two-year-old who doesn't want to go to bed when he's tired. Being resolute is standing one's ground even in the face of opposition. It's a man's virtue, not a toddler's vice.”
Source: FINDING HIMSELF
“Being delivered from bodily sins is not enough; we must also cleanse the inner energy which dwells in our soul. For out of our hearts 'proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness' (Mk. 7:21) and so on ? these are what motivate people.”
Source: The homilies
“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
“Being denied disability payments shatters your faith in corporate government.”
“Being denied their original birth certificates isn't just a problem for adoptees. It's a social problem, requiring social change.”
“Being denied what you want is a remarkable gift; teaching you adaptability, creativity and strength. Skills you would never develop in a world where everything falls your way.”
“Being dependent on this world will lead to betrayal. It will deceive us at the right time. It is better to depend on a pillow; at least it will not move away from us at the right time. The one that is living will move away.”
“Being depressed is not the worst thing. It depends on how you address the feeling. Perhaps Sergei is luckier than his crewmates. Americans always desire happiness, so they fear sadness, unlike Russians, who can draw strength from mourning. The Japanese too, Sergei understands, have an easier relationship with melancholy. Sergei is very glad that Helen is a woman and not a man. Depressed American men on spaceships are embarrassing.”
Source: The Wanderers
“Being depressed means you are trying to see a colorful world through gray filtered eyes”
“Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the same time. Within everyone there is light and shadow, good and evil, love and hate. In order to be truthful, you must embrace your total being. A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses is not flawed, but complete.”
“Being desired is not the same as being harassed, and we do not have to punish or shun the person who sees what is special about us.”
Source: Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
“Being desirous of allaying the dissensions of party strife now existing within our realm, I do hereby dissolve and abolish the Democratic and Republican parties, and also do hereby decree the disfranchisement and imprisonment, for not more than 10, nor less than five, years, to all persons leading to any violation of this our imperial decree.”
“Being desperate for something is not bad, but it is when you let your desperation be overly visible.”
“Being determined delinquents, Peyton and I jumped the barricades and wandered around the dilapidated interior.”
Source: Misadventurous
“Being determined is to only know rivers but keep dreaming of oceans every single time.”
“Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.”
“Being diagnosed with a possibly life-threatening disease is so jarring and for me to know that God had me in his hands, I never felt alone.”
“Being diagnosed with cancer really opened my eyes to the fact anyone can have it and that even though we think we have control over everything in our lives, we don't.”
“Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment.”
“Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget”
“Being different and thinking differently make a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Being different doesn’t make you small - it makes you special.”
Source: Milo: Small but Brave: A story about courage and kindness
“Being different entails consequences but I like to think they're privileges.”