Being Quotes · Page 194

The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.

— Tommy Lee

To flip from being virtually unknown to not being able to walk in the mall was quite an experience.

— B-Real

That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.

— Barbara Hale

There were some advantages to being a woman photographer. I think women have more empathy with the subject.

— Annie Leibovitz

I think it's an important lesson for a child. How to behave humanely toward another human being.

— Jo Frost

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

— Robert Smith

I miss being able to throw down with other elite-level women, to be considered among the best.

— Fallon Fox

Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write.

— Gulzar

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows…

— A. J. Bowen

In movies and TV, we tend to fall into tropes about how characters might get out of problems. But when you look…

— Matthew Weiner

Headlice are no respecters of cleanliness or income. It makes as much sense to be embarrassed by them as it would to…

— Rebecca Front

You're born single, you die single, but why not being in a relationship is some special 'single' status, I don't understand. Life…

— Bipasha Basu

What I have learned is that life is all about being you and that's something that I accepted over the years as…

— Megan Anderson

I knew I was half Chinese, but Iceland is so homogenous that I wasn't able to identify with the Asian part of…

— Laufey

God is being siphoned out of the public arena. People don't even say God bless you when you sneeze anymore. I want…

— Orson Bean

I love being a writer-director. I couldn't imagine directing without writing it. You have to write and tell your stories - that's…

— Mike Mills

I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way…

— Sandra Cisneros

The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk…

— Randy Jackson

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start…

— Herbie Hancock

There is a tremendous amount of pressure when you are a world No. 1 with everyone behind you trying to knock you…

— Jahangir Khan

During normal cell metabolism, RNA is constantly being made and broken down. The purine and pyrimidine residues are reused by several salvage…

— Richard J. Roberts

Noah walked with God; he didn't only preach righteousness, he acted it. He went through water and didn't melt. He breasted the…

— Charles Studd

I have been a frequent air traveler since I was a few months shy of my sixth birthday, when my parents packed…

— Shashi Tharoor

An American champion, obviously being here in the states, is something that we all look at with the U.S. Open. But golf…

— Paula Creamer

I value not being good at things, because children are not good at things.

— Lupita Nyong'o

It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.

— Gerry Adams

I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it is…

— Bryn Terfel

You really disconnect yourself from the world being in the middle of nowhere.

— Noah Schnapp

I was always interested in maybe being in Formula E as I said many times when I was still racing in F1.

— Felipe Massa

It's a bit of a headache being a perfectionist. You're never satisfied.

— Cherie Lunghi

I love getting back to Spokane and certainly love being involved in everything. I would love to be able to give back,…

— Anne McClain

Every time my name is called, I get so many cheers, standing ovations, and a lot of hands are being clapped.

— Jimmy Butler

I think you can tour the country and collectively reach fewer people than just being on television one time.

— Teddy Geiger

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

— Benjamin Booker

Directors have this mask of being in control and in charge, but underneath, I'm terrified.

— Marianne Elliott

Feeling strong is important, and to feel in your body is a vital part of being a woman, regardless of whether you're…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I've come far from being a foster kid growing up in a council house.

— Kerry Katona

I think the most rewarding thing is going over and being deployed and having done meaningful things.

— Tim Kennedy

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

— Brian McBride

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.

— John Wells