"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."

Being, Question

33

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being."

Exlpore more Being quotes

"A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor."

Irwin Shaw, American Novelist

Being, Honor, Sense, Writer

"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?"

Raquel Welch, American Actress

Being, HusbBeing

"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."

Malcolm X, American Activist

Being, Fight, Freedom, Man

"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."

Billy Connolly, Scottish Comedian

Being, Fame

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Being, Care

"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Being, Worth

"Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do."

Kel Mitchell, American Actor

Being,

"Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken."

Michael Behe, American Scientist

Being, Now, World

"Being in the limelight has its minuses."

Jon Postel, American Scientist

Being,

"You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker."

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

Being, Guitar, Play

Explore more quotes by Sidney Poitier

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

Life, Work, Values

"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

Family, Life

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

Positive, Obligation, Reflection, Responsibility

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

Life,

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

Father, Class, Man, Poor

"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."

Life, Father, Nothing

"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

People, Circumstance

33

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Being quotes

"A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor."

"I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?"

"You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being."

"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet."

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing."

"Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do."

"Biology has progressed tremendously due to the model that Darwin put forth. But the black boxes Darwin accepted are now being opened, and our view of the world is again being shaken."

"Being in the limelight has its minuses."

"You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker."

Explore more quotes by Sidney Poitier

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

"So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one."

"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."

"My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important."

"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."

"I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people."

"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."

"I'll always be chasing you... Glory."