Being Quotes

The study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries with terror before being defeated.

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.

Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

The amount of meetings I've been in - people would be shocked. But that's how you gain experience, how you can gain knowledge, being in meetings and participating. You learn and grow.

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

I used to think that everything was just being funny but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?

I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.

People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

Hotness is uniqueness and just being yourself - that's hot.

The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.