Being Quotes · Page 250

I was raised evangelical, so if you want to get offended, let's get offended. I have a master's degree in being offended.

— Pete Holmes

As a roadie for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, I learned that I should give up being a guitar player.

— Lemmy

It's not about hiding your imperfections on a shoot; it's about embracing them and being unapologetic about them.

— Erin O'Connor

I gravitated towards Jim Ward, because I knew he was totally into the work aspect of being in a band.

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

I've always been about the balance - not sacrificing one thing for the other and not being an extremist.

— Hannah Bronfman

One of the things that I have learned in the last few years is to stop being so damn critical of my…

— Patty Griffin

I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

— John Cassavetes

I just think being different is a big thing for me, and that's my motto. Be different.

— Marvin Bagley III

When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing…

— Sara Blakely

I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I…

— Kurt Vile

I like punching people and I like being punched, to be honest with you. What other thing could I do, beating people…

— Chris Arreola

I still have downs and get depressed, but I try not to dwell too much on being negative because it always passes…

— Jason Becker

I'm not sure if I'd call myself an extrovert. I think I'm a bit contradictory. I like being endearing and venomous at…

— Keith Flint

Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful…

— Nicole Ari Parker

There are a lot of human-created systems that we like to tout as being logical that are actually riddled with illogic. And…

— Jeff Vandermeer

I played up to a caricature when I was in the band, always pouting in photos and being the entertainer. But I'm…

— Sarah Harding

I believe that being dependent makes you more vulnerable. I believe work is the greatest gift you will ever receive.

— Steve Southerland

I'm all about being self-deprecating because I think it's hilarious.

— Ian Harding

I frankly couldn't imagine being a series mystery-fiction writer, churning out book after book about the same viewpoint character.

— Robert J. Sawyer

By the '80s, anything to do with punk was perceived as rancid. Me being known as the 'punk poet' meant my work…

— John Cooper Clarke

I've always enjoyed my wrestling being geared more so towards adults.

— Eli Drake

I feel very comfortable about being fair to Trump. I think I've been very fair to him.

— Ed Schultz

Until you become a woman you don't know the things that come with being a woman.

— Bethenny Frankel

That's what being a human is about, leaving this place better than we got it.

— Ed Reed

I want to build friendships. I want to come across as being a good illustration of what Jesus is like.

— Robert H. Schuller

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

— Jason Wu

I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human…

— Peter Stormare

I really think some people have an aptitude for being parents while others don't.

— Reham Khan

I don't think that I'm a pop star. On paper, I'm bad at being a pop star with the conventional idea people…

— Charli XCX

I got a lot of great life lessons from the entertainment industry. The first was being able to feel comfortable taking risks.

— Jesse Itzler

I have to look for my happiness, and that is being out on the pitch, playing well, and scoring goals. That makes…

— Robinho

I love being Jewish; I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these…

— Lauren Bacall

All communication on today's networks are being monitored by government agencies and private companies.

— Peter Sunde

It was such a wake-up call going to music school and being one among so many that are really good at singing.

— Mabel

Being on your own in a gallery is the biggest treat, as long as the lights are switched on.

— Frank Skinner

To me, being a black woman and being beautiful are not mutually exclusive.

— Justine Skye

Being a model and an actress, I feel we a have a responsibility towards society.

— Urvashi Rautela

It helps being a fan of a player and then playing against him because you know what he likes to do.

— Mason Mount

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing…

— Douglas Kennedy

Not that being so mature is a bad thing, but there are times to be mature and there are times to be…

— David Gallagher