B. C. Forbes Quotes

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

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• Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'

  

  Rand Paul
  • Good
  • Military
  • Liberals

• Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Peace
  • Security
  • Global

• I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.

  

  Dan Aykroyd
  • Night
  • Myself
  • Yourself

• I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Help
  • Team
  • Style

• Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Decision
  • Military
  • Force

• And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.

  

  Ian McDiarmid
  • Believe
  • Job
  • True

• Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.

  

  A. R. Ammons
  • Answers
  • Questions
  • Some

• Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world.

  

  Patrick Geddes
  • World
  • School
  • Day

• My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.

  

  Lance Armstrong
  • Character
  • Strong
  • Mom

• A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Guitar
  • Times
  • Bass

• I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • People
  • Life
  • My Life

• I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Song
  • Player
  • Guitar

• Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.

  

  Nas
  • Music
  • Want
  • Dating

• Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Government
  • Protect
  • Presidential

• I'm one of those who believe the bumper sticker: If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • Believe
  • Law

• People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.

  

  Barry Lopez
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.

  

  Tao Lin
  • Book
  • Poetry
  • Write

• The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • People
  • Work
  • Real

• My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Wife
  • Wine
  • Performance

• This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore

• I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Celebrity
  • Ways

• I'm very careful. I think about everything. Some people go, 'Oh, I went out and bought something and didn't realise how much it was,' but there's no such thing with me. I always think about the future because I never want to go backwards.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • People
  • Think
  • Future

• We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.

  

  Aretha Franklin
  • Man
  • Respect
  • Woman

• The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

  

  B. C. Forbes
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