Has Beens Quotes

We are never ripe till we have been made so by suffering.

But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build upon.

I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.

There hasn't been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.

One murder is too many. But it is important that we learn about what has been effective.

We have places in America that really have been just forgotten.

Our democracy has been around far longer than European democracy.

I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me.

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.

I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company.

For me, my travels have been the chance to go to a place that already exists in my imagination.

There have been times in my life where I was asked to do things and I didn't feel comfortable with it.

My so-called failures have been some of my greatest learning tools. I just make sure to fail up.

You're an interesting woman." "Your interest has been duly noted.

My only deliberate attempt has been to act, to do good work. Thereafter, the medium has been choosing me.

I have been a woman for 46 years and I only recently realized I can't change it and I like it.

The Holocaust story has been told and retold so many times.

Once you get clear on who you are, what you do, and what you have been CALLED to do, you become powerful.

Very potent influence on myself has been Finnish.

I'm a realist and I always have been.

I have been a voracious reader for years.

It is so cool to have a fanbase that has been so involved since the casting process.

I have been much blessed.

Anger has been ready to be angry.

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

If your franchise has been around for awhile you have to find ways to keep it fresh.

There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.

Arsenal have been literally passed to death.

Acting has been very useful to me.

I would much rather have been merry than wise.

I can safely say, that the happiest part of my life has been spent on board a ship.

We have creative freedom because of budgets. Ever since I have been doing low budget movies, we've really had creative freedom.

I could have been better. That's my goal now, to be better.

It is more pitiable once to have been rich than not to be rich now.

From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.

Every weapon system has been gutted.

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.

I get has been great. It has opened so many doors for me.

Playing USA Softball has been more to me than I ever imagined possible.

ladies are just those of us who have been silenced.

I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.

I’m already yours. Always have been. All you have to do is step into the ring.

The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.

Many women have earned titles, Your Grace. It doesn't seem to have been a factor in whether or not they actually received them.

Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren't looking at the facts.

The Bible and studying the Bible has been an important part of my life.

IAR is policy, always has been.

Nothing about my life or my career has been linear.

Kids have been a great clarifier - incredibly rewarding.

I am the sum total of what I have been confessing through the years.