Being Quotes · Page 192

As a woman and as a mother, as a young mother, I felt guilty about being successful.

— Lily Allen

We music fans go to shows for transcendence; it's like being called to prayer.

— Ezra Furman

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

— Chris O'Dowd

Being a captain means a lot - it's not just about wearing the armband.

— Mauricio Pochettino

I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.

— Hamid Karzai

For me, being in someone's good books is to keep your behavior good.

— Sana Khan

I want to keep making cool projects and just keep being a part of just making cool art.

— Angus Cloud

I love being part of the Chinese scene as a businessman. That doesn't mean that there aren't short-term discomforts and adjustments.

— Steve Wynn

In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out.

— Richard Flanagan

I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that…

— A. E. van Vogt

Kids can sniff out when they are being preached to, and they don't like it. So while my books aren't amoral, they…

— Jeff Kinney

People seem to like this image of me being all boho and hippy. It's either that or I'm down on my luck,…

— Minnie Driver

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over…

— Method Man

I'm such a tomboy - I was raised in the South - and I also really wanted to work in New York,…

— Jessica Stroup

Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on…

— Marcia Gay Harden

For me, working is the ultimate vacation, for lack of a better word. Its being in-between jobs were it becomes emotional, and…

— Ashley Bell

Directing a movie is a little bit like being back in student government and putting on the homecoming dance. You're like, 'You…

— Mike Birbiglia

I don't feel there's a difference between the real world and the fairy-tale world. They contain psychological truths and, I guess, projections…

— Helen Oyeyemi

I sort of ride the fence on that whole steroid era issue. I don't have a definite opinion like some of my…

— Mike Schmidt

What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don't have the stomach, the ability,…

— Miguel Syjuco

I was just so focused on being healthy for my baby during pregnancy, and afterward I was not in a rush to…

— Marisa Miller

I sometimes ask people, 'Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you're having, not the emotions that…

— Eckhart Tolle

Being fit involves working on all aspects - your body, what you eat, and how you think. A sculpted body is not…

— Randeep Hooda

The working-class aspirations are worse now than when I was a kid - and it was pretty bad when I was a…

— Peter Mullan

When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

— Val Kilmer

Ten games, a year, two years, three years - it doesn't matter. Being suspended is hell and you don't want to go…

— Alex Cora

There will be another Travis Browne when Travis Browne is done being Travis Browne.

— Josh Barnett

We are moving into a phase where what was once alternative cinema is becoming mainstream. I like being in that space.

— Rana Daggubati

Competition in the American tech sector is being gobbled up by the largest players, and it's threatening our entire industry.

— Brianna Wu

It is not about being a hero or a villain; I want to be a solid and passionate actor.

— Prateik Babbar

Like everyone else, I use my phone a lot, and being a screenwriter, my laptop is my life.

— Leigh Whannell

Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter.

— Andrea Mitchell

There are millions out there who aren't getting an even break. They're being done down.

— Nigel Farage

Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Being a good game show panelist is like being a virtuoso of the kazoo.

— Orson Bean

I've dreamt of playing the NBA and being able to do that close to home is special.

— Tyrese Haliburton

There's much more money being brought into the advertising and communications business than in the music industry.

— Steve Stoute

As a kid, I was always being told what I should and shouldn't do - which way I should go, what would…

— Jenna Ortega

Being an addict is hard. It's something you have got for the rest of your life.

— Paul Merson

Very few people know what it's like being onstage looking out at a sea of bodies.

— Su-chin Pak