Becoming Quotes

In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.

The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.

When you reach a certain level, you live in a bubble when all you think, dream and breathe is becoming the best athlete in the world.

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

A lot of shows fly under the radar for the first couple seasons and then become successful. It doesn't necessarily have any bearing on the success of the show or how much the network is behind it.

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

I actually studied cooking and, like, was thinking about becoming a chef.

Just so [becoming a chef ] that I could support my art habit. You know? I mean, this is - this is something where you've been literally given an opportunity to put the world on pause for a second.

You risk becoming a parody of yourself by not innovating.

Life is really a blessing to be able to do what you love everyday, to learn about yourself. For me it's been about becoming a woman, and I've really enjoyed that experience.

I find it funny because people complain about Brooklyn becoming too hip, but would they prefer stock brokers or gunfights or something?

Subject becoming less relevant, each painting having a life of its own, each stroke leading to the next. It is more about the connection of body and spirit to canvas, over mind to canvas.

For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.

In a strange way, becoming a grandfather is like starting your life over.

My day job finds me in a double-bind often, and it's an ideal position for anyone interested in becoming highly reactive.

When I look around at Broadway and the West End, theatre is becoming an exclusive club.

I don't think you should ever start a business and move in a direction where you can't see it becoming a business.

I don't think that we're necessarily going to see the U.S. and Russia becoming out and out military competitors against each other.

Now here I am almost 52 years old, it's really easy. I'm way more at peace. But when you're a competitor, and you're as intent on becoming the best in the world as I was, it comes with consequences.

Hyperdub started in 2001 as a web magazine, but we also did a few events in the early days before becoming a label.

In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!

I’ve never dreamed of becoming a model. As a child I was bullied and insulted as ugly

I definitely think that movies have the possibility to be something positive, and are really becoming teaching tools for a lot of kids growing up.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

Becoming less focused on the past and future and not resisting the moment is how to overcome fear, physical pain, and all suffering.

excuse me' he added, taking the opera glasses out of her hands and looking over her bare shoulder at the row of boxes opposite, 'i'm afraid i'm becoming ridiculous

I'm very encouraged. This is progress. There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it. People are becoming much more enlightened.

Janeane Garofalo ended up, in a sense, being pushed by the media into becoming a pundit.

I feel sexier than ever after becoming a mother.

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

I've been doing musicals since forever. Actually, I was focused on singing and becoming a singer until I landed on 'Passions.

I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.

Who says there can't be more than one very attractive woman on a show without it becoming CHARLIE'S ANGELS?

A person whose financial requirements are modest and whose curiosity, skepticism, and indifference to reputation are outsized is a person at risk of becoming a journalist.

See your later years as becoming your treasure years. Sit quietly and think of all the times you were joyful, and let your body feel this joy.

I realised that although I was fascinated with America, its history and culture, I was not interested in becoming American.

When I was a child I did engage in an arduous struggle to pass: learning English, getting rid of my accent, becoming conversant with the culture in all its large and small aspects.

Black seems to make a colour cloudy, but darkness doesn't. A ruby could thus keep getting darker without ever becoming cloudy; but if it became blackish red, it would become cloudy.

The most important thing for me to succeed in is day by day becoming a better and more prepared person.

I always felt more like a girl than a boy, I don't know. Music was very important to me, movies were not important. I was not dreaming of becoming a film director.

Best team player? As good as Lebron James is, I have to go with Messi. What he's doing, he's on pace to becoming the best ever.

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.

My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.

But I already saw no great difference between the psyche and spirituality. To amass knowledge without becoming wise is not my idea of progress in therapy.

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.

If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker.

In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one.

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.

India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.

A massive immigration bill has no chance of becoming law.