Being Quotes · Page 449

I definitely wanted to be a woman and be treated as an adult, I wasn't interested in being young at all.

— Jessica Barden

I'd love to pop back into 'Being Human' as Adam. I love the character so much. I've never really played a character…

— Craig Roberts

When I type 'The End,' it's like being paroled from prison.

— Clive Cussler

“If you can show people how to build castles, make sure you do not neglect building and nurturing your own.”

— Suzy Kassem

It's weird being a DJ and you have a playlist of your own songs that you could hold it down for an…

— Mannie Fresh

Being Indigenous, I feel very proud being an Australian and there are so many stories I want to tell.

— Madeleine Madden

You know, it's nice being an overnight success after 50 years.

— Scatman Crothers

Being a physical specimen doesn't mean you're any good at playing inside. Positioning, using your head, the mental stuff - that's my…

— Christian Laettner

I would only tell a story if I was being mercilessly heckled. That's the only time I would talk to the audience.

— Mark Lanegan

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

— David Small

I am always acting, be at a party, at work or in office. My attitude changes from meeting to meeting, from being…

— Karan Johar

“On the other hand, it is also characteristic of the state of philosophical inquiry today and has been for a long time…

— Martin Heidegger

Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full…

— Karen DeCrow

It's a tricky thing to play mental illness or being connected to a higher sensibility.

— Daniel Zovatto

We're so used to everything being properly manicured, like you can hear every footstep in a movie, you can hear every bit…

— Jon Brion

“It is easy; just be to have.”

— Bryant McGill

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness…

— Jimmy Carter

I believe in being able to reserve things to yourself. That's the way I was brought up.

— Melissa Leong

It's a very typical UFO sighting. Carter said it changed color and, in the physical report, described it as being about the…

— Dwight Schultz

I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing…

— Bianca Del Rio

What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone…

— Gail Porter

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.

— Idina Menzel

I made an awful mess of my first marriage. It was hard to live with me being me. I was so abnormal.…

— John le Carre

I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags…

— Victoria Moran

A lot of the factories that had been the bedrock of many small cities were being shut down, which led me to…

— Lynn Nottage

'Nathan for You' was my first time being in a writer's room, really.

— Kyle Mooney

I've grown up with jazz - the Joe Hendersons, Oliver Nelsons, Miles Davis and stuff - but I was also listening to,…

— Thundercat

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'

— Bill Hader

The dream as an actor is being able to bounce back and forth between different things.

— Morena Baccarin

Saudi Arabia has been successful in preventing Houthi missiles from causing substantial damage. Yet, the inability of Saudi authorities in preventing Houthi…

— Jamal Khashoggi

Matangi's mantra is aim, which is MIA backwards. She fights for freedom of speech and stands for truth, and lives in the…

— M.I.A

I can't think of anything better than being considered a poster girl for intelligent women.

— Rachael Stirling

I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.

— Tim Howard

Thing for masses does not have a soul. Everything for masses is designed for stamped people with wooden heads. Wood is not…

— Ilkin Santak

I genuinely believe the Paralympics will change perceptions of disability in this country, one of the main reasons being that they will…

— Alex Brooker

There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something…

— K. D. Lang

I believe innately in the human spirit being a powerful and positive thing. And that just comes out, whether you like it…

— Simon Beaufoy

In life we all go through different situations that cause you to reflect. I had the opportunity to be married to a…

— Ruben Studdard

The longer I lived overseas, the more I appreciated being from South Africa.

— St. Lucia

I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.

— Gal Gadot