Becoming Quotes

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.

Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable.

I wasn't losing my focus but I was getting tired of focusing. What I was focusing on was becoming too routine, too ritual, not something that was interesting, new and exciting.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

I am not so complicated or intelligent a composer, nor am I very interested in becoming so. I am much more happy doing what I know I can do than what I am not sure I could do.

Becoming a resident of a state may confer the right to get a driver's license, but it does not and should not confer citizenship.

Intensity is so much more becoming in the young.

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.

The working classes were becoming more and more sharply aware of the complex causes of international malaise.

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.

I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.