Being Quotes

I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.

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

It’s fun to watch someone like John Goodman, and yet it takes work. People say ‘he’s not acting, he’s being himself.’ Well it’s hard to be yourself, it’s the hardest job there is.

Happiness is being married to your best friend.

What does being a girl have to do with it? There's no time to think when you're on the spot.

Well it's hard to be yourself, it's the hardest job there is.

I love every second of being a mom.

It doesn't make any sense. If the SIM are policemen, secret or not, shouldn't we trust them instead of being afraid of them?

It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.

The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned.

Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to.

Our history is an inevitable component of our being. One thing only can release us from the grip of our history. That one thing is forgiveness.

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

Imperceptibly, the developed world's manufacturing base was gradually eroding and being replaced by securitized finance that destroyed itself and nearly its economies in 2008.

It's shocking the things we call love.

When you're the only sane person, you look like the only insane person.

If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.

I hope that I serve by being a teacher.

My health and my family are the core of my being.

We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves.

I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

Don't be jealous of my genius.

I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative.

Being in love also means learning not to say anything until she's had coffee.

I'm 72-years-old. There's not a hell of a lot they can do to me. I will continue to report what I see and what I feel to be true.

My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.

Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.

Being thankful and saying thanks are two habits of people who've discovered what it means to succeed in life.

We are not in the business of being original. We are in the business of reusing things that work.

I'm so sick of immaturity, of name-calling, of labels, of gossip, of high school. It doesn't make sense anymore, and I find myself being nice to people that I want to strangle.

That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me them; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted.

Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.

Being humble is cooler than being famous.

I think over the years, being a mother, I've matured in so many ways.

What’s the point of being bad when there’s nothing good to stop you?

A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could ever be given you.

Thank you Dad... for listening and caring, for giving and sharing, but, especially, for just being you! Happy Birthday to you

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

Today, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.

Was ever poet so trusted before?

Will you succeed because you are more well-rounded than others? Because you fit in better than everyone else? Bloody unlikely. We succeed when we are trusted to be the best at what we do.