Becoming Quotes

The criminalization of marijuana did not prevent marijuana from becoming the most widely used illegal substance in the United States and many other countries. But it did result in extensive costs and negative consequences.

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.

A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Every democracy is constructed day-to-day. And the electoral process reduces and minimalizes every single aspect of human complexity. We're putting it into pamphlets. We're doing a publicity show. We're becoming symbols.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

Well, first of all, I was asked by Ross Perot on a telephone call in March of 1992 if, since he had committed on the Larry King Show to becoming a candidate for president, to get on all 50 ballots.

Nicaragua is fast becoming a terrorist country club.

As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign.

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is now, this is becoming more and more real.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.

I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.