Being Quotes · Page 274

My only ambition was to get to 50, and not regret not having had a crack at being a comic.

— Lee Mack

I'm not really very ambitious. I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

— James D'arcy

I never thought of myself as being the singer that wanted to create an identity and then stick to that.

— Chris Cornell

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.

— Tom Perrotta

I have hobbies. I like being active. I like to surf a lot, play a little bit of golf.

— Tom Brady

I think in those moments of being in that deep water, it's have you been in that deep water?

— Caleb Plant

When Klopp speaks about his football being heavy metal, I understand completely. It is so aggressive. For the fans, it is really…

— Pep Guardiola

I really enjoyed being able to get my first home run in the big leagues.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

I've never been in this position where I've had to take an 'X' amount of shots, where I've had to focus on…

— Jeff Green

I would like to get some points across about my sport and hopefully people can understand it a bit more and appreciate…

— Dorian Yates

It's not always easy being a full-time feminist - especially as a young woman - when you're constantly being told that what…

— Jessica Valenti

Some communities are formed through schools, churches, workplaces. But much of how we learn about one another as a society comes from…

— Mary Pilon

When I was at primary school, around seven years old, I was underweight, so I'd be back and forth to the doctors…

— Caroline Flack

Some public officials are blessed - you can't acquire this, but you are blessed with the gift of empathy, being able to…

— Bob Casey, Jr

If you wear them outside, they stop being pyjamas. I wear mine to the mail box, which is right in front of…

— Karin Slaughter

I think there's an interesting contradiction of having a young face and an old soul. There's something funny about it, and it…

— Matt Smith

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

— Anthony Powell

Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it.

— Hank Ballard

NXT women have literally changed women's wrestling, and being able to be a part of the division is great for me.

— Nia Jax

From playing in the NFL and always being around huge bodies, I'm not intimidated by anybody's size whatever.

— Matt Mitrione

Me being nice or positive is not what people want to hear, which sucks.

— Jeffree Star

I think the notion of Sarah Palin being president of the United States is something that frightens me, frankly.

— Steve Schmidt

There's a difference between being a realist and a pessimist and an optimist. I think I'm way more of a realist.

— Quinta Brunson

For the U.S., a nation that boasts of being the land of the free, it does not live up to its ideal.

— Opal Tometi

The mid '70s was the golden age. A lot of things were being born on the street then, and there was a…

— Tom Noddy

Less land is being converted into agriculture globally in part because farmers are growing more food on less land.

— Michael Shellenberger

Being injured for nine months, it felt like a breeze to me mentally - nothing was really too difficult.

— Callum Wilson

I always dreamed about getting on TV and being part of a team - a funny ensemble.

— D'Arcy Carden

Being able to stay with a character over the course of years is a gift.

— Jennifer Hale

The idea of being published was such an abstract thing in the beginning. It wasn't even an option in my mind.

— Anna Todd

We definitely get respect as far as the musicianship, working hard and being road dogs.

— Hank Williams III

Even when I'm playing a lawyer or a doctor, I want to play a person. A human being.

— J. August Richards

Because I'm such a die-hard New Yorker, I was skeptical of Montreal being a New York double.

— Meghann Fahy

Being able to be dry in a second language is almost the last thing you learn.

— Alicia Vikander

The big upside to being captain is it's a huge honour, but the downside is that there is definitely extra pressure.

— Brian O'Driscoll

I can't legislate a song into being; it just will not happen for me.

— David Crosby

With my grey hair and workaholic attitude, I can't imagine being hot by any standard.

— Vikram Bhatt

Being stubborn is not an asset. You have to be able to see things through other people's eyes.

— Drew Scott

I am very open with regards to emotion and really being honest with yourself for how you are feeling.

— Judi Love

I came up with the idea that I wanted to develop products because I saw services businesses being a dead end long…

— Tim O'Reilly