Being Quotes · Page 269

Being Jewish in West L.A., my religion was watching comedy. That felt like God to me.

— Molly Gordon

Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language.

— Michael Korda

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things…

— Bishop Briggs

The quarterbacks that win... those are the quarterbacks that are talked about for being great.

— Patrick Mahomes

Being the world's greatest athlete just does not get it done on the golf course.

— Caitlyn Jenner

The hardest part, for real, is probably when you just don't feel like going on stage and being funny.

— Greg Giraldo

I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life.

— Doris Lessing

Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

— Christian Louboutin

Comedy comes from tragedy, and being Iranian in America from 1979 on had been quite tragic. In stand-up comedy, I was able…

— Maz Jobrani

We talk about Hollywood being pro-labor, yet about 70% of our industry has been farmed out to Canada, meaning we are losing…

— Danny Aiello

I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You're…

— Janel Moloney

The biggest neurological turn-on for people is other people. This is what really excites us. In reward terms, it's not money; it's…

— Tom Chatfield

I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old…

— Alex Pettyfer

My role as Manchester City manager was different to being manager of clubs in other countries. You share responsibility more in other…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I'm from Tuscaloosa, and I just grew up with Alabama football just being a part of my everyday life. I drove by…

— Hannah Brown

Being able to write an idea down succinctly doesn't make that idea any better than one which rambles on a bit. It…

— Simon Travaglia

As captain, you take a little bit more on board than probably just being a player.

— Eoin Morgan

In my family, I've seen women being devoted to their husbands. I grew up watching that. To me, it is a very…

— Saira Banu

People are more willing to say things when they don't know they're being recorded.

— Laura Loomer

I'm about growth for myself. So if I've made a lot of mistakes, and I haven't learnt from them, then I've failed…

— Slowthai

If you're open, you're vulnerable - but vulnerable to being changed and to being a better man.

— Rege-Jean Page

I think what people respond to is someone being who they actually are.

— Pete Holmes

I just love Italian, and I think, from being Italian, I just love Italian food.

— Jessie James Decker

I believe in finishing what I start; not being able to do that makes me feel weak.

— Mawra Hocane

Wes Welker had this mystique about him, about being a scrappy, tough and whatever adjectives people always like to add to him.

— Ryan Clark

It's my personality. I don't make excuses for that. But I don't think being a private person is necessarily a bad thing.

— Lloyd Austin

I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.

— Bernard Hopkins

Any time you get to see a bunch of drag queens performing music and performing songs and being idiots, I'm in.

— Michelle Visage

I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.

— Joe Mauer

Being put in a group, I hate that. I don't think anyone likes it. Everyone just wants to be their own person.

— Amber Le Bon

I love being involved with Brainfeeder. I would have never thought that it would have been such an intense involvement.

— Thundercat

That's the one thing I regret about choosing tennis - not being able to play a contact sport.

— Ben Shelton

Accurate presentation of thoughts through the correct expressions of words - is an art accumulated for years.

— Ilkin Santak

It's kind of like, I love doing tons of different things. The only thing I hate is not being in ensembles.

— Topher Grace

Oh, am I a feminist? I usually say that I was an accidental feminist. Really, I was just being me.

— Margaret Trudeau

Being from Chicago, you kind of are shielded in a way from the other stuff that goes on in music and the…

— Ravyn Lenae

Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.

— Claudia Schiffer

It's no use being afraid of anything, and even less so in the world of football.

— Lucas Vazquez

Killing a being just to satiate your taste buds is the most criminal act ever.

— Sangram Singh

That's the great thing about being an all-rounder. You can impose yourself on the game with bat and ball.

— Ben Stokes