Being Quotes · Page 347

Being a nice guy is detrimental to actors. When I first came to Hollywood, everyone was nice to me. Everyone thought I…

— Jimmy Dean

I just want to work on music and make some new stars. I'm not interested in being a star.

— No I.D

I'm used to being told what to say, but not what to think... that's usually left up to me.

— Winona Ryder

Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy.

— Bo Jackson

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.

— Desmond Tutu

I pride myself on being available to as many people's stories as I possibly can.

— George C. Wolfe

Being blond just makes me feel happier, like when the sun's hitting you. The blond pops. It's cheerful.

— Tinsley Mortimer

Being in the theatre is like being in a little family: you get really close.

— Sophie Okonedo

From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was…

— Bill Mumy

I realized my dream and was proud to be a Superstar. I never won a title, but being hired by WWE and…

— Robert Maillet

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show…

— Young Jeezy

Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality,…

— Kevin Macdonald

There's nothing wrong with being help. But it's very wrong that we presume people of colour are in a subservient position. That's…

— Mellody Hobson

If I can encourage other women to think about setting up their own businesses and being entrepreneurs and making a contribution then…

— Karren Brady

There was one moment when I was in L.A., and he was teaching me a move. I just looked at him, thinking,…

— Florence Pugh

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to…

— Linus Roache

The feeling of being an underdog, not belonging, is very much me. You harbour a little feeling of resentment towards the 'upper…

— Asa Larsson

Chicago is an incredibly great city, but it was clear to me that greatness wasn't being spread to all our neighborhoods.

— Lori Lightfoot

Being in the high-school band was some of the funnest years of my life.

— GRiZ

Being a swing bowler, bowling at the death is just an added facet in my bowling.

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

I don't consider being a musician the same thing as being a celebrity.

— Chance The Rapper

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

— Elfriede Jelinek

The most natural ideology is nature itself. The nature laws are unwritten, but always workable.

— Ilkin Santak

I don't think there is any harm in being plus-size as long as you are fit internally.

— Zareen Khan

Creating a billion-dollar company is hard, but being a truly great leader is even harder.

— Joe Lonsdale

Being independent caused us nothing but trouble. I do not want Chechnya to be independent from Russia.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Everything in the world can be changed, my dear Florestan, but the human being.

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

When I talk about celebrities, it's not a dismantling of that human being.

— Katherine Ryan

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.'…

— Matthew Macfadyen

The further away you get from being a straight white man, the less freedoms you have to figure out who you are…

— Justin Simien

Here I am sitting in the back of a cab with Catherine Zeta-Jones who is telling me Michael Douglas has fond memories…

— John Schneider

I just like being a social experiment sometimes. I really should not be allowed in public. But I just go out into…

— Peter Steele

Some people have knees, ankles. It's always been my back. That's been one thing I've always had to be conscious about strengthening…

— Diana Taurasi

I definitely want to be a country artist. I want to make it very clear that I want to stay in our…

— Carly Pearce

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think,…

— Rebecca Ferguson

The one thing that about me, being a healer, I just have a different kind of relationship with people. So I am…

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

There is a thing about women, in particular, being endlessly grateful for the opportunities in life, rather than saying, 'I'm here because…

— Fiona Bruce

The child is not an empty being who owes whatever he knows to us who have filled him up with it. No,…

— Maria Montessori

I was very worried about being unattractive because I think I look quite masculine. Sometimes I feel more masculine than feminine and…

— Elizabeth Fraser

I've always had problems with my brain, so a lot of the songs are about issues I have with paranoia or freak-outs.…

— Ty Segall