Being Quotes · Page 327

I don't mind being good looking but that should not override all my other attributes.

— Lisa Haydon

I consider all aspects of being a goalkeeper as fundamental in the development of the side as a whole.

— David de Gea

Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.

— Pat Barker

People who watched me on 'I'm A Celebrity... ' saw me being true to my values.

— Lady Colin Campbell

What makes our product work is the way we're tightly focused on messaging and being an SMS replacement.

— Jan Koum

If things had gone according to my plans, I'd be a lawyer. I never dreamt of being an actress.

— Gal Gadot

Ageing is so many different things, and cells being able to self-renew is part of the picture but not all of it.

— Elizabeth Blackburn

There's something very special about playing Las Vegas, and I never tire of being here.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Look - this is the terror of being a founder & CEO. It is all your fault. Every decision, every person you…

— Ben Horowitz

The grand surprise has really been the fact that being an author, which to me had always implied being a private person,…

— Lois Lowry

Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the…

— John Podhoretz

I have always admired people who are comfortable not being liked because I am the opposite of that. To the point when…

— Kaitlin Olson

Because of Iowa, I like being in a different state that doesn't even have grass and think that I smell fresh-cut grass.…

— Shawn Crahan

How could I not be the underdog, starting at 35 and a half and going from a manager and a fourth-string color…

— Diamond Dallas Page

What's certain is that ranking powerful people is inherently self-defeating. For starters, true potentates know who they are without being told, and…

— Steve Rushin

“I don’t regret anything I was before because I still am. I only regret not having loved you. Put your hands in…

— Alberto Caeiro

I don't think anyone gets bored of being called good-looking. We are all vain in one way or another.

— Fawad Khan

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.

— Zadie Smith

I can't keep playing 10-11 months a year and keep being sharp after 15 years of international cricket.

— AB de Villiers

This Republic was called into being, organized, and is upheld, by a great political doctrine.

— Caleb Cushing

It's not being disrespectful, but the less you know an opponent, the more work you have to do.

— Michael Laudrup

Nothing better to do to take advantage of being a bigger guy than to go to the body of the smaller guy.

— Teddy Atlas

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on…

— Essie Davis

It probably can take me anywhere I want to be, but I have to be honest, being attorney general is a great…

— Lisa Madigan

Being part of the Dutch national team is about unity and not about rivalry.

— Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

— Paul Watson

I like being the biggest on the pitch, I don't want to look at the other guys and think his arms are…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

Apart from being a Dalit's daughter, I am also the daughter of India.

— Mayawati

With the creative stuff, I have highs of being very productive and lows of being not productive. I have that in my…

— Markus Persson

There is one thing in this world that I'm better that than anyone else and that is being me.

— Dennis DeYoung

Being a chef is about feeding people, which is part of the story of all humanity.

— Dominique Crenn

Comedy is free therapy. And if it's done well, the audience and the comic take turns being the doctor as well as…

— Maysoon Zayid

I really don't turn the other cheek. So when I feel like I'm being attacked, I don't back down.

— Dave Portnoy

When someone hits a fadeaway jumper they say, 'That's the Dirk right there.' So maybe I'll get the drag step being 'The…

— Lauri Markkanen

Whenever my number's called I'm being ready for whatever I need to do on the football field.

— Cordarrelle Patterson

I don't like being told what to do and kissing you-know-what to get up the corporate ladder.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil.

— Leah Remini

I'm not built to be famous, I'm not a star. I'm not special, so being stared at makes me very anxious.

— James Buckley

In fact, Parkinson's has made me a better person. A better husband, father and overall human being.

— Michael J. Fox

I know it's cliche, but after the first show, I knew I liked singing, being on stage, making people happy. It just…

— Gabby Barrett