Being Quotes

I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.

One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

You remember had this gigantic clock in the arena showing the size of the national debt. And Paul told America, if you elect Republicans, we can fix that. But, if Paul Ryan was being honest, he would've pointed to the debt clock and said, we built that.

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

Thing is, I'm a funny actor, but I'm not good at being funny. I'm going to ramble for a second: I'm an actor who can make things funny in the moment, like in stakes or in circumstances or out of character.

I think that people in the phase between being someone's kid and being someone's parent have always been uniquely narcissistic, but that social media and Twitter and LiveJournal make it really easy to navel-gaze in a way that you've never been able to before.

You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.

To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.

My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone.

On the other hand, I have devoted so much energy to reach the top that I accept the stress of being there.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up.

I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.