Being Quotes · Page 235

Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I just wasn't going to be able to be the person I wanted to be while being a Jehovah's Witness.

— Quinta Brunson

People confuse being full of words with being terribly intelligent and informed.

— Gyles Brandreth

I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about…

— Rachel Weisz

Being at United in my first season has really given me an insight into the passion and drive the club has.

— Phil Jones

I never nursed the ambition of being launched like a conventional heroine - instead, I picked up films which I liked and…

— Antara Mali

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

— Daniel Radcliffe

There was always a question of Sreesanth not being focused enough. All I can say is that I was always focused.

— S. Sreesanth

Everybody wants to have that dream of being up there at the end of that Super Bowl game, the confetti coming down,…

— Justin Jefferson

If you like to argue just for the sake of being contentious, you shouldn't pick a job based on this unresolved emotional…

— Tucker Max

Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has…

— Brewster Kahle

I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In the…

— Om Puri

“I live my life in growing orbits which move out over this wondrous world, I am circling around God, around ancient towers…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country - there's a tremendous freedom…

— Kim Edwards

I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a…

— Jennifer Hudson

The one thing I've always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as a person.…

— Rick Pitino

I really love being a part of the creative process. I love having an opinion that gets heard, and then it's all…

— Zoe Bell

I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.

— Dean Ambrose

But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.

— Luther Allison

Being adventurous and open to something different is something I'd encourage captains to do.

— Eoin Morgan

I just want to lose weight and get back to being my usual self. There's too much flesh.

— Shweta Menon

I have this rule now that I keep people around me who I enjoy being with when I'm sober.

— Davinia Taylor

I've knocked out a lot of people so I'm not going to cry about being stopped, it's part of the game and…

— Jimi Manuwa

Let's just say that I've spent a lot of time being not very successful.

— Tobias Forge

I think after I beat Ryan Bader, he should have to go get beat up by Anthony Johnson for being so disrespectful…

— Daniel Cormier

First couple of days, being 'out,' the only 'out' player, my body felt like Jell-O. I was very anxious.

— Carl Nassib

I like working. I think being on set is one of my favorite places in the world.

— Sterling K. Brown

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

— Alison Brie

Obviously being a young player I get caught out of position a lot and I'm happy to have the speed I have.

— Alphonso Davies

To be poor without being free is the worst state into which man can fall.

— Vikrant Parsai

Climate change is already upon us, and its effects are being felt with increasing intensity.

— Rohini Nilekani

There's nothing wrong with being a capitalistic society, but it's taken the place of faith.

— Corbin Bernsen

The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it…

— Liev Schreiber

I am an unabashed HBO fan. This is why being on 'Silicon Valley' is kind of like a dream.

— Thomas Middleditch

If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being…

— M. Night Shyamalan

I'm very honest and open about my sexuality, being sensuous, being powerful as a woman.

— Trina

I see myself as a storyteller and want to do films that are being made all over the world.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

It doesn't matter how rich you are - you know when you're being ripped off.

— Petter Stordalen

You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.

— John Major

I'm not a politically radical person. In fact, I'm much more interested in being radical aesthetically.

— Jim Goldberg