#ned

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#customs #discerned #faculties #fortunate #fortune

When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky. ↗

— Rick Baker

#clear #death #died #end #happened

When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#gone #happened #healthy #our #overnight

When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#better #come #contact #did #each

I have no regrets about being 'Doctor Who'. It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. ↗

— Tom Baker

#being #doctor #ever #greatest #greatest thing

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. ↗

— Russell Banks

#accountant #almost #anyone #average #chooses

Somebody asked me what do you regret. I said, well I was offered the role of Maverick in 'Top Gun' and I turned it down. ↗

— Scott Baio

#down #gun #i #maverick #me

If you turn down work because you are frightened of getting typecast, you'll never do anything good. ↗

— Colin Baker

#because #down #frightened #getting #good

A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#disciplined #enriched #especially #eternal #human

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#determined #existent #foresee #future #happenings