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Bode, John Ernest
1816–74
1816–74
1
O Jesus, I have promised
To serve thee to the end;
Be thou for ever near me,
My Master and my Friend.
O Jesus, I have promised
To serve thee to the end;
Be thou for ever near me,
My Master and my Friend.
"O Jesus, I have promised" (1869 hymn); written for the confirmation of Bode's three children
Boesky, Ivan F.
1937–
1937–
1
Greed is all right…Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
Greed is all right…Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
commencement address, Berkeley, California, 18 May 1986
Boethius
ad
c.
476–524
ad
c.
476–524
1
For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy.
De Consolatione Philosophiae
bk. 2, prose 4
Bogan, Louise
1897–1970
1897–1970
1
Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To eat dusty bread.
Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead,
Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts
To eat dusty bread.
"Women" (1923)
Bogart, John B.
1848–1921
1848–1921
1
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.
often attributed to Charles A. Dana
When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.
often attributed to Charles A. Dana
F. M. O'Brien
The Story of the [New York] Sun
(1918) ch. 10
Bohr, Niels
1885–1962
1885–1962
1
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it.
of quantum mechanics
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Anybody who is not shocked by this subject has failed to understand it.
of quantum mechanics
attributed; in
Nature
23 August 1990
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Abraham Pais
Einstein Lived Here
(1994)
Bold, Alan
1943–
1943–
1
This happened near the core
Of a world's culture.
Scotland, land of the omnipotent No.
This happened near the core
Of a world's culture.
"June 1967 at Buchenwald" (1969)
Scotland, land of the omnipotent No.
"A Memory of Death" (1969)
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