Being Quotes

Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly.

The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.

When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

We are not victims of aging, sickness and death. These are part of scenery, not the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression of eternal being.

I think by being happy it actually affects the way that you look too.

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

I don't waste time being depressed.

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Not only do I think being nice and kind is easy but being kind, in my opinion, is important.

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.

Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely.

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

The greatest gift is not being afraid to question.

I wouldn't want to be ideological about it but I think of it as being the best way to approach this kind of playing. I don't think it works in other music, other kinds of playing.

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.