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Being Quotes


"I grew up in the Bronx where you would stay up late with your girlfriends, just being silly in our bedrooms, whatever. And I was always the clown."


"I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own."


"Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end."


"My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own."


"The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want."


"Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them."


"I was never interested in being an overly public person."


"There's more depth to Lionel. What I am finding so interesting about playing him is there's all these different layers. I prefer playing Lionel because he's a human being."


"TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue."



"Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be."


"For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?"


"But we must not, if we are loyal, disperse our energies in a partisan warfare that is waged without regard to its consequences to the well being, security, or honor of the country."



"I'm excited about being an owner, it's got my competitive juices going. I'm scared, but excited as well."


"Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling."


"The Confederates had suspected Wild Bill of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him closely."


"It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them."


"I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around."


"Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday."


"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one."



"Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being."


"I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians."



"I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak."


"Too many children are being parked in substandard day care with workers who make little more than a parking attendant."


"I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer."


"For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important."


"I am very proud of being the one to have coined the word."



"I put a lot into it, and when I am done playing, I plan on going undercover and then being the sheriff or chief of police somewhere, either Miami or Orlando, I don't know yet."



"We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right."


"You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, "Am I having fun?""


"What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be."
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