top of page
Being Quotes


"Having achieved such signal successes in the east, Russia and Roumania being both disposed of, the German leaders planned a campaign designed to crush Italy."



"I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place."


"I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect."


"I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher."


"Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy."


"I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts."



"The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in."


"I would have to agree, that I'm probably more intense than Brian or Kurt, competitive because, I was always like this, always being that way, always real competitive."



"Being strong can be also feminine. I don't think feminine equals being weak. Being strong is very sexy."



"Being in public with May and the children was too heavy. I was irreversibly tuned in to everyone around us."


"I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet."


"Think of the wonderful circles in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in these circles."


"The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined."


"I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton."


"Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way."



"It is something actresses need to go through and I think they look forward to being naked in a movie. I don't know why, but it is something you need to exhaust from yourself."


"I saw the excitement, going to different places, being able to explore emotion in a healthy way."


"When I was first starting out, and I was less established, I was really concerned about being typecast."


"Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published."


"I don't like being out of the crowd. It's lonely within a group."



"Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about."



"The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is."


"The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up."


"Scientists are very afraid of being proven wrong."


"When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film."


"And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important."


"It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe."


"Me being a skinny guy, I could crawl into the steel pit."


"Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride."


"I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top."


"Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by."


"I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical."


"Being a mum has made me a lot more responsible, it's not just me anymore. But it's also brought me the most joy ever!"


"I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young."


"That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do."
bottom of page