B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Better be a desperate single with many options than a sad married with no option.”
“Better be a desperate single with options than a desperate married with no options.”
“Better be a foole then a knave.
[Better be a fool than a knave.]”
“Better be a happy insincere than a troubled righteous, who complains about the unjust world all the time.”
Source: The Gods Are Not Dead
“Better be an impractical fool with warmth, than a dead ribcage without a heart. Better be a law-defying bad samaritan, than a complacent bag of lard.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one.”
Source: Mardi: And a Voyage Thither
“Better be an outspoken bigot than a counterfeit freethinker.”
Source: Mukemmel Musalman: Kafir Biraz, Peygamber Biraz
“Better be careful talking about how good my cooking is. Roslyn might get jealous.” The vampire madam let out a soft laugh. “Oh, I’ll freely admit that your cooking is much better than mine, Gin. But I have certain skills you don’t, especially in the bedroom. I think that Xavier far prefers those, even over a plate of the Pork Pit’s best barbecue.” Roslyn gave Xavier a sly look, and the giant’s grin widened. “Well played, Roslyn,” I murmured. “Well played.”
Source: Spider's Revenge
“Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.”
“Better be dumped than break another's heart.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Better be infamous than not famous at all.”
“Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.”
Source: Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition
“Better be killed than frightened to death.”
“Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.”
“Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.”
Source: Mardi: And A Voyage Thither (Annotated Complete Edition)
“Better be unromantic than thoroughly used and still poor.”
Source: The Luckiest Lady in London
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
Source: Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources
“Better be with the dead,
Whom we to gain our peace, have sent to peace,
Than on the torture of the mind to lie
In restless ecstasy.”
“Better be without sense than misapply it as you do.”
Source: Emma: A Novel
“Better be," Eve said. She mock-bit at his finger. "I could totally date somebody else, you know." "And I could rent out your room." "And I could put your game console on eBay." "Hey," Shane protested. "Now you're just being mean.”
“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
Source: Aesop's fables
“Better believe that, whenever I see y'all I'ma test ya
Only cause I know that faggots respect pressure”
“Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.”
Source: The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. Accurately Corrected by the Best Editions. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; Tables of Contents, and Indexes. More Complete Than Any Preceding Edition. In Eight Volumes
“Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.”
“Better biofuels are a really big deal. That means we can precisely engineer the molecules in the fuel chain and optimize them along the way. So, if all goes well, they're going to have designer bugs in warm vats that are eating and digesting sugars to excrete better biofuels. I guess that's better living through bugs.”
“Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.”
“Better britain begins with a better brit, an inclusive brit, a decolonized brit - a brit who knows no king and queen - a brit who celebrates no tomfoolery of coronation - a brit who knows but one race, the human race - a brit who knows but one religion, love - a brit who knows but one tradition, integration.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Better broke than bent.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Better broke than dead.”
Source: Fall of Night
“Better Business can be described as a company that has a long-term perspective and is guided and inspired by a higher purpose that helps the organization create, deliver, and capture value to stakeholders while minimizing ecological and social costs, engaging its business ecosystem, and reducing its footprint.”
Source: Better Business Better Future
“Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you”
Source: One Day
“Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“Better by far to live in the truth and know it, however bad it may be, than hide yourself away behind ignorance and habit.”
Source: Resistance
“Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.”
“Better channel your words into prayer, than into complaints. Zip your mouth and make a plan.”
Source: Become a Better You
“Better close your window tight or I might come in for a bite, I'm a sleep walker.”
“Better confide and be deceiv'd,
A thousand times, by treacherous foes,
Than once accuse the innocent,
Or let suspicion mar repose.”
“Better conquest never canst thou make than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts against giddy, loose suggestions.”
Source: The Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected
“Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.”
“Better Counsel comes overnight.”
“Better Dancing makes Better Lovers”
“Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives”
“Better die a daring reformer than a cowardly conformer.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
“Better die a roaring reformer than live as a cowardly conformer.”
Source: Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament
“Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.”
“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”
“Better do nothing than do ill.”
“Better done than said.”
Source: The Path to a Meaningful Life
“Better dope than dilettante.”
Source: All For Acceptance
“Better educated or financially comfortable people often smile more than less educated or economically distressed people.”