Being Quotes

You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had to play in sort of these inferior type dives.

Being a woman anywhere is dangerous.

When you stop being afraid you feel good

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of man,--that of being judged by their peers.

Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man.

Being in love, as both Plato and David Bowie have pointed out, is horrible.

As long as you're being a copycat, you will never be the best copycat.

To be successful is never convenient. The things you have to go through, it's never convenient.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.

Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy

If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself...Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.

We know that it's hard enough being a teenager. It's particularly hard being a teenager who's coming out.

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.

You need to be happy with yourself or you'll never be able to be happy in a relationship.

You never know when the best day of your life is going to be.

Be yourself and the right people will love you.

Being generous without keeping score strengthens your spirit, keeps you focused on the people who make your business what it is, and helps breed success.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

Never apologize for being yourself.

I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.

I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they would be utterly appalled.

Every man now worships gold, all other reverence being done away.

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire, but they're inevitable, we have to face them. It's what being human is all about.

People have always found me challenging - I don't know why, when I am only being myself. I don't understand why they find me so annoying but they do. It is pity, but that is how it is.

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

In my deepest parts of sadness, I'm always making a joke or being sarcastic.

Being bullied means you’re special and that’s what I want all kids to know.

For me, success is a state of mind. I feel like success isn’t about conquering something, it’s being happy with who you are.

You shouldn't punish others for your own choices.

Embrace the glorious mess that you are

Being happy is more important than anything else.

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not.

Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

It would perhaps be nice to be alternately the victim and the executioner.

There's no changing your mind about whom you love. That's part of the tough thing about being in love - it's sort of undeniable.

That which makes us DIFFERENT, will make a DIFFERENCE in the world some day. Be Yourself.

One can thus state, without fear of being wrong, that every truly artistic production has been conceived and executed according to the principle of irregularity.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would.

In reply to 'how do I flirt with people?': Just be yourself and not want anything out of anybody. Desire is the killer of all smoothness.

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.

If you're conscientiously seeking approval, you're not being true to yourself.

Coaching soccer, like disciplines including journalism, you'll always learn if you're open to it, you'll learn from your players. If that's being smart, fair enough.

The pressure to being a comedian is being funny, but I've given that up, so there is no pressure whatsoever.