Being Quotes · Page 221

I try to envision what life is after basketball, but I just see myself working out and just being a basketball player…

— Diana Taurasi

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all - not in any way.

— Joyce Meyer

Being 21 years old is not easy in the sense that you're still trying to get to know yourself.

— Rhianna Pratchett

There's a certain kind of confidence that comes with being older that you can't fake when you're young.

— John Popper

I didn't ever think about being an actor. But I fell in love with it when I realized how amazing, difficult, and…

— Gregg Sulkin

All of our physical rhythms are being affected by sound outside us all the time.

— Julian Treasure

I think everyone is fairly fed up with mildly dysfunctional people being put under pressure and then behaving abysmally.

— Tony Robinson

When a child knows there's a secret, they don't know what it is, but they know it's there, and they know they're…

— Julia Garner

Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed…

— Rafe Spall

I grew up knowing the pros and cons of the business and knowing what comes with pursuing what you love in terms…

— Lily Collins

Being in front of a live audience is like taking an steroid shot. The applause, the claps in each and every dialogue…

— Puneet Issar

Handmade things tend to be so expensive that only a small part of the population can afford them. And yet making things…

— Jessica Stockholder

I faced many ups and downs, like any other actor: not getting through auditions or even worse - getting shortlisted and not…

— Fatima Sana Shaikh

No matter who you are, do not be a fanatic. Do not be a fanatic neither religious, nor ideological, nor political, neither…

— Ilkin Santak

The sciences are being held back by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas, maintained by powerful taboos. I believe that the sciences…

— Rupert Sheldrake

I'll tell you where the injustice is. It's with the person earning £12,000 to £15,000-a-year who is being asked to be restrained…

— Prince Andrew

Being in the NBA and able to connect with fans through social experiences is great.

— Harrison Barnes

There was the joke about Switzerland being an island surrounded by land. This was never true.

— Samuel Schmid

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

— Christopher Hitchens

The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.

— Meg Rosoff

Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

— Antonio Damasio

I think growing into a frame is important, not being - in my case - 160-170 pounds.

— Cody Bellinger

It's important to be courteous; it has to be. I was raised very well by my parents, so it's about being polite…

— Daniel Sturridge

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

— Robert Glasper

I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough.

— Essie Davis

I'm not really comfortable with being on songs with cats I don't really know.

— Freddie Gibbs

I remember being inspired by this band Godflesh, actually. They were a really heavy metal band, really nihilistic.

— Lou Barlow

What's important to me is to share, and being inspired, and inspiring.

— Diane von Furstenberg

Me being a rapper takes up too much of my time. I can't really do the things I need to do, but…

— Fivio Foreign

I know that being an actor, I'm a public figure and anything that I do will become news.

— Karan Wahi

I didn't like being a model. It feels weird to stand in your knickers in front of people you aren't married to.

— Sophie Dahl

There is a difference between being a wrestler and being a pro wrestler.

— Brandi Rhodes

Trump, like Putin, has a demonstrably thin skin and short temper when it comes to being criticized by journalists.

— Masha Gessen

I hated being a flight attendant. I did it for a month and then quit.

— Evangeline Lilly

That's what's so wonderful about being in this business because you're constantly surprised. You have to be up for anything.

— Blythe Danner

Oprah is definitely a self-made woman and she came from being dirt poor, as did I.

— Chrishell Stause

I'm accused by many people of being the most serious man on television.

— Sebastian Gorka

I've always been an artist that has had a problem with genres, staying in the box, and being told what I had…

— Michael McDonald

Men think that not being able to wire a plug somehow makes them more creative or intellectual. It just makes them morons.

— James May

I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play…

— Tanya Fischer