#thing

Even now I can't trust life. It did too many awful things to me as a kid. ↗

— Clara Bow

#did #even #even now #i #kid

I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#about #absolutely #absolutely nothing #fairly #great

In the theatre the audience wants to be surprised - but by things that they expect. ↗

— Tristan Bernard

#expect #surprised #theatre #things #wants

You can say the right thing about a product and nobody will listen. You've got to say it in such a way that people will feel it in their gut. Because if they don't feel it, nothing will happen. ↗

— William Bernbach

#because #feel #got #gut #happen

I hope in my books I help children to see their strengths, and show them I have some idea of what they may occasionally be going through. Especially at tricky moments when it is easier to go back and evade things rather than go forwards and confront them. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#books #children #confront #easier #especially

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#based #forgotten #good #good reason #happened

The murder of my husband by the railways has altered the way I think about everything. I had always thought that the majority of people were decent and honourable. In the wake of the crash, what made me angry more than anything else was the realisation that this was not true. I still find it very hard to come to terms with. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#altered #always #angry #anything #come

I've been down there 6 times and there's nothing like Brazilian percussion. ↗

— Les Baxter

#brazilian #down #i #like #nothing

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of. ↗

— Richard Baxter

#careful #how #know #must #nothing

If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them. ↗

— Richard Baxter

#love #say #see #them #you