Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)
Quotes·Quotations by Barbarella
Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)
¶ My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella.
¶ Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries!
Barbarella (Barbarella, 1968)
Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)
Quotes·Quotations by Barbarella
Jane Fonda as Barbarella from Barbarella (1968)
¶ My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella.
¶ Make love? But no one's done that for hundreds of centuries!
Barbra Streisand (1942- )
Barbra Streisand (1942- )
Barbra Joan Streisand (pronounced /ˈstraɪsænd/; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, writer, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide. She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top-ten albums of any female recording artist – a total of 32 since 1963. Streisand has the widest span (48 years) between first and latest top-ten albums of any female recording artist. With her 2009 album, Love Is the Answer, she became one of the rare artists to achieve number-one albums in five consecutive decades. According to the RIAA, she has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.
Quotes·Quotation by Barbra Streisand
¶ Hello, gorgeous.
¶ Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were old? We'd have survived all this. Everything thing would be uncomplicated, the way it was when we were young?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania.
Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical and democratic values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, "In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat." To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."
Franklin, always proud of his working class roots, became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies. He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom published the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies. He became wealthy publishing Poor Richard's Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin gained international renown as a scientist for his famous experiments in electricity and for his many inventions, especially the lightning rod. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society. Franklin became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations. For many years he was the British postmaster for the colonies, which enabled him to set up the first national communications network. He was active in community affairs, colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. Toward the end of his life, he freed his slaves and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies; and more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references.
Quotes·Quotations by Benjamin Franklin
Attitude
¶ Speak little, do much.
Business·Employment
¶ When men are employed, they are best contented.
Faith
¶ To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.
Friend·Friendship
¶ There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Time
¶ You may delay, but time will not.
Writing·Reading
¶ Read much, but not many books.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
BANG Minah (1993- )
Bang Minah (1993- )
Bang Minah (born May 13, 1993; Hangul: 방민아), better known by her stage name Minah (Hangul: 민아), is a South Korean idol singer. She is best known as a main vocalist of the girl group, Girl's Day under Dream Tea Entertainment.
Quotes·Quotations by BANG Minah
We
¶ We're together because our fans give us strength.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minah_(Bang_Minah)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl%27s_Day
Ban Gu (班固, 32-92)
Ban Gu (班固, 32-92)
Ban Gu (Chinese: 班固; Wade–Giles: Pan Ku; AD 32–92), courtesy name Mengjian (孟堅), was a 1st-century Chinese historian and poet best known for his part in compiling the Book of Han. He also wrote a number of fu, a major literary form, part prose and part poetry, which is particularly associated with the Han era. A number of Ban's fu are anthologized by Xiao Tong in the Wen Xuan.
Quotes·Quotations from Book of Han (漢書) by Ban Gu (班固)
Wine
¶ 酒百藥之長
The wine is the best of all medicines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Han
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Gu
Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)
Philip James Bailey (1816-1902)
Philip James Bailey (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902) was an English Spasmodic poet, the author of Festus,
Quotes·Quotations by Philip James Bailey
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_James_Bailey
Philip James Bailey (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902) was an English Spasmodic poet, the author of Festus,
Quotes·Quotations by Philip James Bailey
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_James_Bailey
BAI Juyi (白居易, 772~846)
Bai Juyi (白居易, 772~846)
Bai Juyi (Chinese: 白居易; 772–846), or Bo Juyi (Wade–Giles: Po Chü-i) was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made as a government official, including as governor of three different provinces. Bai Juyi was also renowned in Japan. Burton Watson says of Bai Juyi: "he worked to develop a style that was simple and easy to understand, and posterity has requited his efforts by making him one of the most well-loved and widely read of all Chinese poets, both in his native land and in the other countries of the East that participate in the appreciation of Chinese culture. He is also, thanks to the translations and biographical studies by Arthur Waley, one of the most accessible to English readers".
백거이 (白居易, 772~846)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales (French: Saint François de Sales) (21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was bishop of Geneva and a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, was an accomplished preacher, and wrote books on religious topics.
Discourse
@ A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
St. Francis de Sales, Letter upon Eloquence
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_de_Sales
Saint Francis de Sales (French: Saint François de Sales) (21 August 1567 – 28 December 1622) was bishop of Geneva and a Roman Catholic saint. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism, was an accomplished preacher, and wrote books on religious topics.
Discourse
@ A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
St. Francis de Sales, Letter upon Eloquence
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Francis_de_Sales
A. Lou Vickery
A. Lou Vickery
An American business author.
Quotes·Quotation
Attitude
¶ Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.
A. J. Cook (1978- )
Andrea Joy "A. J." Cook-Andersen (1978- )
Andrea Joy "A. J." Cook-Andersen (born July 22, 1978) is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds. She has also appeared in several Hollywood films including The Virgin Suicides, Out Cold, and Final Destination 2.
Quotes·Quotations by A. J. Cook
A. J. Cook as Jennifer Jareau from Criminal Minds
@ "And so, all the night-tide, I lay down by the side. Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride. In the sepulchre there by the sea. In her tomb by the sounding sea." Edgar Allan Poe [Criminal Minds 04.14 Cold Comfort]
¶ I once dated a guy who washed his car more than he washed his hair. [Criminal Minds 04.23 Roadkill]
@ The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still, small voice of conscience." Mahatma Gandhi [Criminal Minds 04.23 Roadkill]
@ "A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another, the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another, it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden." The Buddha [Criminal Minds 06.01 The Longest Night]
¶ Jean Racine said, "A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy." [Criminal Minds 06.02 JJ]
@ I'm thankful for my years spent with this family, for everything we shared, every chance we had to grow. I'll take the best of them with me and lead by their example wherever I go. A friend told me to be honest with you, so here it goes: this isn't what I want, but I'll take the high road. Maybe it's because I look at everything as a lesson or because I don't want to walk around angry. Or maybe it's because I finally understand. There are things we don't want to happen but have to accept; things we don't want to know but have to learn; and people we can't live without but have to let go. [Criminal Minds 06.02 JJ]
¶ JJ: Queen Elizabeth I said, "The past cannot be cured." [Criminal Minds 7.1 It Takes a Village]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Cook
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