The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

1.121 Alan Ayckbourn 1939—
1.122 A. J. Ayer (Sir Alfred Jules Ayer) 1910-89
1.123 Pam Ayres 1947—
1.124 Sir Robert Aytoun 1570-1638
1.125 W. E. Aytoun 1813-65
2.0 B
2.1 Charles Babbage 1792-1871
2.2 Francis Bacon (Baron Verulam and Viscount St Albans) 1561-1626
2.3 Robert Baden-Powell (Baron Baden-Powell) 1857-1941
2.4 Karl Baedeker 1801-59
2.5 Joan Baez 1941—
2.6 Walter Bagehot 1826-77
2.7 Philip James Bailey 1816-1902
2.8 Bruce Bairnsfather 1888-1959
2.9 Hylda Baker 1908-86
2.10 Michael Bakunin 1814-76
2.11 James Baldwin 1924-87
2.12 Stanley Baldwin (Earl Baldwin of Bewdley) 1867-1947
2.13 Arthur James Balfour (First Earl of Balfour) 1848-1930
2.14 Ballads
2.15 Whitney Balliett 1926—
2.16 Pierre Balmain 1914-82
2.17 George Bancroft 1800-91
2.18 Richard Bancroft 1544-1610
2.19 Edward Bangs
2.20 Tallulah Bankhead 1903-68
2.21 Nancy Banks-Smith
2.22 Thèodore Faullain de Banville 1823-91
2.23 Imamu Amiri Baraka (Everett LeRoi Jones) 1934—
2.24 Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1743-1825
2.25 W. N. P. Barbellion (Bruce Frederick Cummings) 1889-1919
2.26 Mary Barber c.1690-1757
2.27 John Barbour c.1320-95
2.28 Revd R. H. Barham (Richard Harris Barham) 1788-1845
2.29 Maurice Baring 1874-1945
2.30 Ronnie Barker 1929—