Being Quotes
- Page 24I had done some flimflam movies, but I didn't understand what being an actor meant anymore.
Liam Neeson
The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.
Vince Lombardi
I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.
Matthew Lillard
Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
Paul Theroux
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.
Julia Roberts
At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
Danica McKellar
Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.
Jim Morrison
I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing.
Amy Sedaris
It's hard sometimes to not want to know what people are saying behind your back and to ignore certain things that are being written.
Sienna Miller
Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.
Peter Sotos
I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.
Jennifer Aniston
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
Zig Ziglar
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.
Gene Simmons
Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
David Hockney
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
Oprah Winfrey
Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
Venus Williams
I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.
Daniel Craig
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
Denis Diderot
The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.
Rob Lowe
There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.
Kim Kardashian
Seven hundred and sixteen billion dollars, funneled out of Medicare by President Obama. An obligation we have to our parents and grandparents is being sacrificed, all to pay for a new entitlement we didn't even ask for. The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it.
Paul Ryan
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.
Dag Hammarskjold