So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.
Nicholson Baker
If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
Abu Bakr
The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals carried on by the... →
Mikhail Bakunin
I've learned over the years that the best way to develop as an artist is to make things. So I tell young artists it's not enough to be an... →
Liane Balaban
Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose... →
Vidya Balan
The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and... →
David Baldacci
I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met... →
Ireland Baldwin
I learned in an extremely hard way that the accountability falls with me.
Stephen Baldwin
But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment... →
Christian Bale
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
Arthur Balfour