Being Quotes · Page 280

In tournament weeks being No 1 doesn't do anything for me. I don't get an extra stroke. It doesn't really matter at…

— Scottie Scheffler

American taxpayers expect and deserve to know where their hard-earned money is going and how it is being used.

— Mike Johnson

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

— Imelda Staunton

As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.

— Jami Attenberg

I really loved when I started doing '70s Show,' though I had never acted before, so it was a great training ground…

— Topher Grace

Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.

— Luis Alberto Urrea

My feeling is that if a human being can coax life to build bonds between silicon and carbon, nature can do it…

— Frances Arnold

Are kids smarter than adults? All evidence points to that being true.

— Natalie Jeremijenko

At Harvard, I grew up a lot in terms of being able to deal with different types of people because where I…

— Ryan Fitzpatrick

The age of 18 seemed the right time to try something different in my life. Moving to the U.K. was a risk,…

— Manfred Mann

Countries which receive aid do graduate. Within a generation, Korea went from being a big recipient to being a big aid donor.…

— Bill Gates

When I'm standing in front of all those lawmakers in the European Parliament, then I'm a speaker, when I'm singing, I'm a…

— Conchita Wurst

Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers…

— Bill Dedman

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the…

— Patti Smith

I left drama school to do 'The Book Thief' - it was a real trip going straight from school kind of right…

— Ben Schnetzer

Anything that takes you out of the context of being separate is healing. Anything that takes you out of the context of…

— Dean Ornish

Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as…

— Wes Brown

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

— C. Northcote Parkinson

The idea of your younger sibling being in pain and realizing you are the cause of that pain is unbearable.

— Claire Foy

Being enrolled in a college does not free you from the legal obligation to become domiciled.

— Kris Kobach

I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

— Kevin de Leon

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

— Robert Smith

That feeling of being rewarded for your curiosity is huge. It's why I play games, this idea of truly existing in a…

— Cory Barlog

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.

— Patrick O'Brian

As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a…

— Wes Bentley

I never thought in a million years I'd be involved in a project that celebrated the fullness of my identity of being…

— Nico Santos

Just because I was almost 62, I did not feel decrepit and felt I wasn't finished being a soldier yet.

— Gerald Griffin

Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

— Rob Lowe

Being a member of the Grand Ole Opry and headlining a tour would be our two things that we'd love to accomplish…

— Maddie Marlow

Being on Epic, it wasn't like we got signed to a multi-million-dollar deal.

— Matt Skiba

We continue to focus on actually solving problems that real people have and not being distracted by what power users want.

— Arash Ferdowsi

You show your character through the good times and the bad times and for me it's just about being professional.

— Jared Dudley

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.

— Bill Hicks

I will make a conscious effort to pick up roles which give a social message besides being entertaining.

— Pankaj Tripathi

I can't think of anything more morose than being the same as everybody else. What would we get out of that?

— Joey Barton

Being a teenager, it's so hard to find foundation that's good for your skin for everyday wear.

— Becky G

I have this morbid fascination with being completely alienated from everybody, and a lot of the time I really do feel that…

— John Rzeznik

I've never dreamt of being on TV; I had never tried to be in the entertainment business at all.

— Tan France

I have a rebellious nature, and being told no is almost the surest way to get me to do something.

— Doug Liman

I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and…

— Thalia