#fr

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#friends #great #his #laughs #loses

Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#because #criticism #critics #enough #friend

Brendan stopped reading. The words had melted into a liquid blur...In his possession was a box full of information that would likely fill in the gaps and help him to wrap his brain around the whys of her death. And yet, there was really only one question that mattered, and Tommy had already answered it. ↗

— Lynda Meyers

#books #brendan #letters-from-the-ledge #lftl #lynda-meyers

A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#critic #cure #go #house #institutions

All my ex-girlfriends or wives are all kind of great friends and I've never understood somebody who can live with somebody for five or six years and then not like them. ↗

— David Bailey

#friends #great #i #kind #like

In France they don't think I'm difficult. ↗

— David Bailey

#france #i #think

My friends are all megalomaniacs - from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson - all of them. ↗

— David Bailey

#jack #jack nicholson #nicholson #them

I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#athletic #border #canadians #degree #diploma

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#also #been #demand #doubt #english

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good. ↗

— Colin Baker

#because #down #frightened #getting #good