Being Quotes · Page 209

I'm proud of my body, I'm proud of my sport, I'm proud of being a female athlete.

— Ali Krieger

I love being able to connect with my friends and I want them to feel as close to me as possible.

— Cody Simpson

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

— Trombone Shorty

What I do with impressions, I try not to be mean-spirited. To me, it's just about being silly.

— Paul F. Tompkins

I don't like being told what you're good at. I'd rather hear what I didn't do.

— Donovan Mitchell

I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher.

— Stephen Hendry

Many a times, I have felt that I am not alone and I am being followed by someone, but it's always a…

— Diljit Dosanjh

Unfortunately, a human being is able to comprehend only that amount of evil which he is able to commit himself.

— Joseph Brodsky

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of…

— Howard Shore

My extensive career, with its victories and defeats, championships, etc., has been well documented. My entire life has been focused on being…

— Scott Pruett

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good…

— Josh Homme

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in…

— K. D. Lang

It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on…

— Rafael Yglesias

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past…

— Rufus Sewell

There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I…

— Wilma Mankiller

Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an…

— Monica Johnson

I'm trying to take care of my kid, and the only way to do that is obviously being financially stable.

— Jessica McDonald

I'm from the Midwest, so I always assumed, 'Well, I have to think badly of myself, because that's being humble.'

— Keegan-Michael Key

I enjoyed every minute of being at school. I was doing my work but still playing football.

— Tammy Abraham

I have to be me, which is, don't like a lot of crowds, don't like a lot of attention - kind of…

— Shaggy

I really thought about being on one team for my entire career, and that was really important to me.

— DeAndre Jordan

Isn't living life about having freedom to choose what an individual wants, instead of being told what to do?

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I was Top Celeb. There's only a short step I think from being Top Celeb to hosting it.

— Gregg Wallace

“Marriage is more than finding the right person…it is being the right person!”

— Elizabeth George

I definitely have some stereotypical qualities of being a Latina. I talk with my hands, which means I knock stuff over all…

— Bitsie Tulloch

And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows.…

— Luke Evans

I think that young people - teenagers, college-age people, anyone under the age of 30 - know when they're being pandered to.

— Tom Green

I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.

— David Cross

When someone is mean to a dog, they are being cruel to a living being.

— Akhil Akkineni

I'm scared of being a one-hit wonder because my second single has set the bar too high.

— Tones and I

As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment.

— Alan Stern

You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.

— Richard Rogers

You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.

— Deborah Ellis

'Stay with Me' started out being very political, largely because I'm a little obsessed with politics.

— Ayobami Adebayo

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

— Jesse Williams

I hope to keep being competitive until I retire, and I hope that's here. It's Barca or nothing.

— Gerard Pique

To me, being in the studio is one of the most exciting parts about being an artist.

— Jamie Lynn Spears

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.

— Jenny Mollen

I feel like 90% of the gags in the Muppets are to do with their mouths being not quite closed. Just permanent gormlessness.

— Jamie Demetriou

For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?

— Dorothy Bush Koch