#cause

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#discover #famous #fifteen #give #had

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#because #dollar #follow #interest #lead

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. ↗

— Stephen Vincent Benet

#had #power #thought #wisdom

Never marry a man who hates his mother because he'll end up hating you. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#end #hates #hating #his #man

The U.N. can be very frustrating and at times impotent, but it can also be a valuable forum for discussion and resolution of world problems. We should not walk away from it just because it's failed to live up to its promise. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#away #because #discussion #failed #forum

I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#be different #because #different #i #i think

I don't like to hold back, because that's how you hurt yourself. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#because #hold #how #hurt #i

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap. ↗

— Daniel Berrigan

#anyway #because #death #horribly #i

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head. ↗

— Halle Berry

#down #expectation #fall #head #huge

I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa? ↗

— Marion Berry

#am #because #city #deny #i