#only

To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#great man #important #important thing #man #oneself

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#him #only #others #politician #says

Let me tell you - when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don't think about breaking records anymore, you don't think about gaining scientific data - the only thing that you want is to come back alive. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#alive #anymore #back #become #breaking

At 11, I passed the scholarship - only just; I wasn't very good at maths - to Ilford County High for Girls. When the Second World War started we were evacuated, first of all to Ipswich, and then to Aberdare, Queen of the Valleys, in south Wales. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#first #first of all #good #high #i

Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly? ↗

— Michael Bay

#cause #directors #do you know #five #go

If one of my boys was asking me if they should go into politics, I'd say there's only one reason to go into public life and that's to help people. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#go #help #help people #i #into

What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#characters #evil #interesting #only #only time

You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#across #automatically #back #ball #because

When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#creative #did #distance #door #find

Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#does #dying #itself #life #living