Being Quotes

I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.

Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

I've made mistakes, I've misspoke, I am sure I will again sometime, but that happens, that's part of being human in my book. I'm OK with that. I've never done it maliciously, ever.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.

I'm 19, and, being a public figure, I'm supposed to present myself in a certain way, but it's hard and you're never going to be able to tell people who you are through the media.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.

Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.

I am a being of Heaven and Earth, of thunder and lightning, of rain and wind, of the galaxies.

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it.

To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one's face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Being prepared to die is one of the great secrets of living.

I'm re-energized by being around people who mean a lot to me.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.

For college seniors there should be a week of being allowed to cry. Just break down and cry because you are scared and don't know what's next.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.