Being Quotes · Page 289

When someone is mean to a dog, they are being cruel to a living being.

— Akhil Akkineni

You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional.

— Richard Rogers

You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.

— Deborah Ellis

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

— Jesse Williams

'Stay with Me' started out being very political, largely because I'm a little obsessed with politics.

— Ayobami Adebayo

I don't favour ethics classes being an alternative to special religious education classes.

— Barry O'Farrell

I had wanted to be a dentist, but ended up being a chef. I think I've always had a fascination for jobs…

— Gino D'Acampo

One could criticize me for loads of things, but you can't criticize me for being insincere. Annoying, whatever. But I'm not insincere.

— Matty Healy

I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school... everybody hated it. I never thought it would…

— Tom Wlaschiha

I have recurring nightmares about being in a Nazi concentration camp with all my family and constantly being sent to solitary confinement.

— Matt Bellamy

The people in the well-ordered ages of the past upheld the public law and abandoned private strategies; they focused their intentions and…

— Han Fei

Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the…

— Noreena Hertz

Going through chemo is like investing money in a retirement account. You feel the hit right now, but later in life you…

— Regina Brett

Junk, redundancy, and inefficiency characterize astrophysical signals. It seems they characterize cells and sea lions, too. These biological constructions have lots of…

— Seth Shostak

I remember there being a period of time when I had a baby, and I was so sleep-deprived that I'd get into…

— Laura Dern

At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when…

— Tom Rachman

I am 5ft 10in. I got my height from my dad, who was very rangy. I like being tall.

— Cornelia Parker

Being from California, avocado toast is very popular in our house. We have it almost every morning.

— Tiffani Thiessen

There's gotta be a human being in everybody, regardless of what they do or what people think they did.

— Sebastian Stan

I always wanted a home after being one of the wildest bachelors in town.

— Robert Fuller

I like being in charge. I like being able to control my own destiny and ideas.

— Dawn Richard

I have been subjected to unwarranted and invasive scrutiny of the most intimate and private details of my being.

— Caster Semenya

When I'm home I'm just happier, more at peace and more settled. It's fine being away, but it's not really living.

— Caroline Quentin

Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this…

— Bernard Hopkins

My identity is based around being a writer. I can't not write. It's a compulsion.

— Mike Cernovich

Liverpool are one of the greats in Europe, and being able to be part of the history of such a great club…

— Roberto Firmino

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

— Chino Moreno

Being really competitive, you're hard on yourself when you make a mistake, but then you've got to push on.

— Owen Farrell

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

— Jehane Noujaim

My dad's been a big part of it too. He's helped me with a lot of things, being aggressive and showing me…

— Domantas Sabonis

For me, I worked so hard to get to where I am and I don't ever want to lose sight of being…

— Taylour Paige

I grew up with so much of the identity of being Muslim and being Arab tied around politics.

— Ramy Youssef

That's the easiest job you can have in TV comedy, being the guy who just delivers the funny.

— Josh McDermitt

People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'

— Natalie Massenet

I love a masculine man. That's just me. It doesn't ever have to be at the expense of him being in touch…

— Ulrika Jonsson

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

— Lauv

What I realized on the 'Grasshopper' was that I wasn't sure that I liked being in every shot. It wasn't fun.

— Jacqueline Bisset

I'm so British and polite that creating a scene or being confrontational is so not my vibe.

— Joe Lycett

“You should be querying why you consider a violent society as being normal.”

— Steven Magee

Id avoided the business as much as I could because of how little I was interested in being constantly associated with my…

— Miles Robbins