#thought

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#did #ever #his #honey #i

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived. ↗

— Richard Bach

#arrived #begin #fast #fly #knowing

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#spell #synonym #thought #use #word

I started playing piano with a little band in high school. I was terrible. I thought I had absolutely no talent. I couldn't keep time. I only got into McGill, which was a lousy music school, because they were taking American music students. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#american #american music #band #because #got

Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his job to the best of his ability. ↗

— Amitabh Bachchan

#actor #adjectives #always #best #doing

I thought if anyone need a leg up, it was our foster children. So, I started getting involved in education reform, and that was back in 1998. And as a result of all the reform work that I had done, people urged me to run for the Minnesota state Senate. I did, I was there for six years. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#back #children #did #done #education

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#fort #fortitude #marshal #reason #thought

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#commonly #down #moment #most #those

I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite. ↗

— Leo Baekeland

#came #could #different #different shapes #first

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him. ↗

— Philip James Bailey

#breath #deeds #each #god #good