Being Quotes

I'm a people person. I like being with people. So I like being a teacher, and so on.

I have no interest in being famous. I'd love to vanish from the public eye as soon as I can.

Let nobody bribe you away from being yourself.

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.

I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.

I am optimistic. I have to be optimistic.

To be married is to be neither alone nor together.

I really am not a weakling. We like to do a lot of takes, so it ends up being pretty physically grueling.

Simply being myself makes me feel vulnerable.

Just be yourself and you'll be fine

Saying she doesn't mind being alone...that she's alright... There isn't a person alive who'd really feel that way!

Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten.

Having a persistent nature is part of being human. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to speak of knowing another person, or loving them, or being their friend or enemy or rival.

We do not discard something we know to be true because of something we do not yet understand.

I'm 27. I feel like I get it. I'm OK with being sexy if I feel like it. Some days I'm brainy, some days I'm funny, some days I'm sexy, and sometimes, I just want to dance.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering. Well-being.

That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.

True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.

You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

In general in comedy, there are fewer people making a ton of money and a lot more people making a living. For me, the goal is just being able to make exactly the show I wanted to make.

I don't compare myself to Lil Kim. I'm not doing anything in comparison with any girls. I'm doing Nicki Minaj.

I tell em everybody else is my opposite. I put em on the game give em five percent.

One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate.

I am showing solidarity while being different. Or if you prefer, I am being different while being in solidarity.

Personally I kept my feelings out of it and created a fantasy. That's the process of going through this world being beautiful.

Marriage is important to me and I love the idea of being married.

Everything about us black people is complicated, us being here, being a minority, being a woman, all those things are complicated.

I'm interested in storytelling. I love being an artist now and connecting through art.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

I was always funny, but I didn't know being funny was a gift.

There were so many stories around, it was almost inevitable some of them would turn out to be true.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

What's worse? Being strung out or being fat?

I've never found it made the slightest difference being a woman - though there is a sort of feeling that as you get older you're not so interesting.

Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.

Not being optimistic falls a long way short of predicting that all is finished.

I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.

Being successful is kind of dull.

I'm still picking pockets--I just do it as legally as I can. Being married to a cop limits certain activities.

You'll see. She can be nice sometimes.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was left with -- an iPod each.

I think sometimes for me that sounds like almost being selfish. I am not about personal records.

Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.

My most popular blogs end up being the ones where I talk about being a dad.