Being Quotes · Page 213

For millennials, being a geek is a positive thing, and we see people proudly self-identifying themselves as geeks.

— Alan Schaaf

Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children…

— Carine Roitfeld

I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.

— Elliot Cowan

Being a twin attracts a lot of attention. But we never wished we weren't.

— Shaquill Griffin

Being a dad, and being in a rock band, it's harder than it looks. But we tried. And we try.

— Gord Downie

I can't stand another night in a hotel. Just being away. You miss the kids.

— Steve Rushin

Mukesh calls me his true life partner... I just enjoy being Mukesh's wife.

— Nita Ambani

Basically, out of the sphere of what I do - being a comedian/writer, and out of the sphere of football, I am…

— David Baddiel

I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

The Ecuadorean and Latin American press is not like the European or North American press, which has some professional ethics. They are…

— Rafael Correa

I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability…

— Dakota Fanning

My musical taste is mainly summed up as like Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, with Zeppelin being…

— Patrick Cantlay

I've always being interested in clothes - and I'm also the curator of a significant dress collection with 12,000 objects in it…

— Lucy Worsley

Being educated in the United States gave me a good understanding of American culture. I think I got a lot of influence…

— Masayoshi Son

I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks.…

— Jan Karon

When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in…

— Nile Rodgers

If you are insulted for your sarcasm, that means you hit the target you killed the person you mocked on.

— Ilkin Santak

Yes - I am usually overweight. I have had to be interested in diet because of being diabetic for 30 years and…

— Sue Townsend

“I know everything I need to about a person by their hands. Eyes may be the window to ones soul but hands…

— Truth Devour

I don't think I'll ever be out of wrestling, because I was that kid at 8 years old that dreamed of being…

— Diamond Dallas Page

Closing the confidence gap means being honest about your abilities, not constantly undervaluing them.

— Katty Kay

You do not have to obey the law you did not sign under, until you hurt anyone.

— Ilkin Santak

I don't like being locked in a cage on the creative scale. I need an outlet.

— Synyster Gates

I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.

— Rachel Zoe

There is something romantic about the world being a diverse place, where every place has a Starbucks and Denny's.

— Tom Green

You can be gay and be proud of that and not have to worry about being unsuccessful or unaccepted.

— Gus Kenworthy

“Shall you live authentically who you are or will you spend your allotted living the life of someone you imagine your self…

— Anonymous

It took me 15 years of being in the industry to know that you need makeup and styling when you go out,…

— R. Madhavan

I think everyone lifts themselves that little bit extra for the Tour de France, being the pinnacle of our cycling calendar.

— Chris Froome

Maybe it's more stressful to be on stage because you constantly have to keep revisiting it as opposed to being like, 'Well,…

— Mike Faist

If your sense of self is destabilised, to imagine being another becomes pretty easy.

— Mohsin Hamid

I would never have dreamed of being able to lift the Premier League trophy.

— Phil Jones

I'm pretty self-aware, and I am an embarrassingly flawed human being in a ton of ways.

— Lil Dicky

I enjoy being at Real. The club atmosphere is - even if some do not want to believe it - very tight-knit.

— Toni Kroos

I know that people in the public eye are always being chipped away at by very cynical attitudes in the press.

— Dervla Kirwan

That's the joy of chasing a dream - being rewarded for relentlessly chasing it.

— Aaron Gordon

I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an…

— Coy Bowles

That's the good thing about being President--I can do whatever I want.

— Barack Obama

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

— John Ridley

I think that's one of the things I've always really prided myself on is just being a sure tackler.

— Leighton Vander Esch