Becomes Quotes

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.

If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.'

I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important.

The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone.

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.

When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.

I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.

It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

The thought came to me that all one loves in art becomes beautiful. Beauty is nothing but the expression of the fact that something is being loved. Only thus could she be defined.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

For some men the power to destroy life becomes the equivalent to the female power to create life.

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.

Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie.

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

At its best, entertainment is going to be a subjective thing that can't win for everyone, while at worst, a particular game just becomes a random symbol for petty tribal behavior.

Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.