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Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. Billy Boy Franklin  
Americans have mastered the art of being prosperous though broke. Billy Boy Franklin  
Be generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. Billy Boy Franklin  
I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be. Billy Connelly  
The Pumpkins love rock-and-roll, we absolutely love it, but we also think it's a flatulent, ego-serving kiddie playground. You can have your cake and eat it too. Billy Corgan 1967-, American Musician, Singer, Songwriter 
I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish. Billy Crystal 1947-, American Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer, Writer 
Sounds like the blues are composed of feeling, finesse, and fear. Billy Gibbons  
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle's light. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Only those who want everything done for them are bored. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, ''Because He did, I can forgive you.'' Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ''I love you.'' Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength. Billy Graham 1918-, American Evangelist 
Like a boxer in a title fight, you have to walk in that ring alone. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
The good days weren't really so good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. Billy Joel 1949-, American Musician, Piano Man, Singer, Songwriter 
Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game. Billy Martin American Baseball Manager 
Another club can be beating you for six innings but for some reason the good ball clubs get tough and win them in the last three. Billy Martin American Baseball Manager 
Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his. Billy Sunday  
Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first. Billy Sunday  
An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark -- that is critical genius. Billy Wilder 1906-, American Film Director 
I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons. Billy Wilder 1906-, American Film Director 
France is the country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. Billy Wilder 1906-, American Film Director 
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty. Billy Wilder 1906-, American Film Director 
If you are going to tell people the truth, be funny or they will kill you. Billy Wilder 1906-, American Film Director 
The mug is a tool. My ace in the hole. To have looks is the bonus on top of what motivates me to be an actor. Not to realize they're an asset would be counterproductive to the cause; they serve the common good. Billy Zane 1966-, American Actor 
God has a big eraser. Billy Zeoli  
Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. Bioleau  
Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad. Bischer  
Each of us makes his own weather, determines the colour of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen  
Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion. Bishop Hall  
Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. Bishop Hugh Latimer 1485-1555, British Churchman, Protestant Martyr 
A psychiatrist is a man who goes to the Folies-BergĀre and looks at the audience. Bishop Mervyn Stockwood American Bishop 
He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. Bishop Porteous  
One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero. Bishop Porteous  
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Bishop Robert South 1634-1716, British Clergyman 
Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigour, and activity of man's nature. Bishop Robert South 1634-1716, British Clergyman 
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. Bishop Robert South 1634-1716, British Clergyman 
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. Bishop Robert South 1634-1716, British Clergyman 
Innocence is like polished armour; it adorns and defends. Bishop Robert South 1634-1716, British Clergyman 



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