Being Quotes · Page 304

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

— Bo Bennett

Being a nerd is not about what you love; it's about the way you love it.

— Wil Wheaton

Usually, I end up being the frumpy or mentally challenged or in 'Reasons to Be Pretty', regular. Or a weirdo. I play…

— Marin Ireland

The biggest challenge to being an actor is, when you're not working, just being unemployed: the downtime and not having anything to…

— Alden Ehrenreich

Being an independent artist, you have to find creative ways of getting your music to people.

— Carly Pearce

I don't coach to win awards, I really don't. I'm very, very satisfied with just being there for my players.

— Dawn Staley

You may not violate the rights of one human being, even if it is suggested to be done for the sake of…

— Ilkin Santak

I'm an American, but being a black American, my experience is a particular one, my struggles have been particular.

— Bill Duke

The very qualities that make it harder for women to get elected - not being part of the old boy's network -…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first…

— Roger Rosenblatt

Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up…

— Andrew Mason

In a team situation, I think the players are more inclined to give the answer they believe the psychologist is looking for…

— Brian O'Driscoll

The pressure I did feel before matches was self-inflicted. I didn't go out on court there thinking about what was being said…

— Tim Henman

People forget that keeping a band together is hard; man, it's really hard. All the cliches apply about living in each other's…

— Dean Wareham

I've never stopped being Argentine, and I've never wanted to. I feel very proud of being Argentine, even though I left there.…

— Lionel Messi

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being…

— Adam Hochschild

The world is changing quickly and we must be ready to change with it or risk being left behind.

— Najib Razak

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

— Anonymous

All the players have this responsibility of playing for the collective and also being individuals with some specific characteristics.

— Tite

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.

— Nina Easton

I don't know what the switch is from being insane to sane. It could be a number of things, what I eat,…

— Boy George

I like challenges, and I hate being categorized. It's always been a thing of mine.

— Alexis Ren

My goal is to give our taxpayers greater access and visibility into how their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

— Ryan Frazier

I've dreamed about being in the Final Four since I was a little boy.

— Jay Williams

There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

— Robyn Davidson

You can't be involved in healthcare without being involved in the battle against AIDS.

— Paul Wolfowitz

Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself…

— Jerry Seinfeld

I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.

— Brendon Urie

I find being an adult very difficult. Being an adult artist, Asian American, incredibly difficult. Or trying, anyway.

— Min Jin Lee

For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.

— Simone Biles

Being an NBA general manager really is a lot of pressure. There's so much that goes into the job.

— B. J. Armstrong

I love making up visual works of art in language. I get to be an artist without actually being an artist in…

— Siri Hustvedt

I'm very used to being in India now and to working with actors and directors I'm comfortable with because I know them…

— Jacqueline Fernandez

I haven't found the experience of being hot very great. It usually means you are about to be overexposed. I would rather…

— Miranda Otto

I just remember being so proud to wear UW on my chest. I'm just proud to be a Dawg.

— Kelsey Plum

We all have different timetables in reaching and realizing that being in healthy partnership is better than being on our own.

— Hill Harper

I made Tony a person. For me, Tony was real. I made him become a human being, and that affected the animation…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I'm most excited about people being more conscious about their eating habits.

— Dominique Crenn

I have played a cop a lot over the years and sometimes I get a bit scared of being typecast.

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

Being the longest-reigning champion isn't that big a deal to me because records are made to be broken.

— Kazuchika Okada