Being Quotes

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.

Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

Who, being loved, is poor?

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it.

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

Anyway, I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.

My career suffered massively because I had a reputation for being a very tabloid person.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

It is really rare to find someone you really, really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

I don't like being alone.

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

Life has no meaning the moment you loose the illusion of being eternal.

Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.