The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (74 page)

Bridges, Edward
1892–1969

1
I confidently expect that we shall continue to be grouped with mothers-in-law and Wigan Pier as one of the recognized objects of ridicule.
of civil servants

Portrait of a Profession
(1950)

 
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Bridges, Robert
1844–1930

1
All my hope on God is founded.

"All my hope on God is founded" (1899 hymn)

2
When men were all asleep the snow came flying,
In large white flakes falling on the city brown,
Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying,
Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town.

"London Snow" (1890)

 
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Bright, John
1811–89

1
The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.
on the effects of the war in the Crimea

speech in the House of Commons, 23 February 1855

2
A gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.
of British foreign policy

speech at Birmingham, 29 October 1858

3
I am for "Peace, retrenchment, and reform", the watchword of the great Liberal party 30 years ago.

speech at Birmingham, 28 April 1859

4
England is the mother of Parliaments.

speech at Birmingham, 18 January 1865

5
The right hon Gentleman…has retired into what may be called his political Cave of Adullam—and he has called about him every one that was in distress and every one that was discontented.
referring to Robert Lowe, leader of the dissident Whigs opposed to the Reform Bill of 1866

speech in the House of Commons, 13 March 1866.

 
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Brillat-Savarin, Anthelme
1755–1826

1
Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.

Physiologie du Goût
(1825) aphorism no. 4.

2
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

Physiologie du Goût
(1825) aphorism no. 9

 
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Brockbank, Russell
1913–

1
Fog in Channel—Continent isolated.

newspaper placard in cartoon,
Round the Bend with Brockbank
(1948); the phrase "Continent isolated" was quoted as already current by John Gunther
Inside Europe
(1938)

 
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Bronowski, Jacob
1908–74

1
The essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

The Ascent of Man
(1973) ch. 4

2
The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

The Face of Violence
(1954) ch. 5

 
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