"No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place." — Isaac Babel, Russian writer, born 1894
"I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all." — Lauren Bacall, American actress, born 1924
"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul." — Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, born 1685
"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music." — Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer, born 1865
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." — Richard Bach, American writer, born 1936
"To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived." — Richard Bach, American author, born 1936
"One of the great cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience. When we hold something, anything, in our thought, then somehow coincidence leads us in the direction that we've been wishing to lead ourselves." — Richard Bach, American author, born 1936
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." — Francis Bacon, English philosopher, born 1561
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon, English philosopher, born 1561
"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible." — Francis Bacon, English philosopher, born 1561
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." — Francis Bacon, English philosopher, born 1561
"The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one." — Joan Baez, American folk singer, born 1941