Being Quotes

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.

I just liked the feeling of being on stage.

I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious.

I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we.

I've grown tremendously as an actor by being there. It is comic writing the likes of which I don't know that I'll ever see again and it's been a great, great experience.

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.

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.

We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it.

Planned change is good. It is being the best, giving your best, and doing your best-on purpose.

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.