Become Quotes

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing.

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized.

The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.

Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.

I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.

Good leaders must first become good servants.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

Disappointment is inevitable. But to become discouraged, there's a choice I make. God would never discourage me. He would always point me to himself to trust him. Therefore, my discouragement is from Satan. As you go through the emotions that we have, hostility is not from God, bitterness, unforgiveness, all of these are attacks from Satan.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

Heavy pillars, carved from the rock, bear the roof. Slowly, one's eyes become accustomed to the dim light; then they can make out marvelous representations from Indian mythology carved on the walls.

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress.

When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

I've become a captive of my own ambitions.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

Do your work for six years; but in the seventh, go into solitude or among strangers, so that the memory of your friends does not hinder you from being what you have become.