Being Quotes

If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. Evil is a parasite, not an original thing.

Entrepreneurship is an addiction to being successful, not a job or career. You have to feed the addiction and recharge from it or you'll burn out.

There's a word in Japanese for being sad in the springtime - a whole word for just being sad - about how pretty the flowers are and how soon they're going to die.

Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.

I've always tried to be positive. There's a lot going on.

To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved but only the exercise of love in our own souls.

I'm a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to articulate my vision, as artists do, like Picasso. I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste.

Lots of people misunderstand this. They think not experiencing fear means they're courageous. Bravery isn't about not being afraid, it's about persevering despite your fears.

Why separate your spiritual life and your practical life? To an integral being, there is no such distinction.

To be content means that you realize you contain what you seek.

Getting married is the most fun you can have in life. Being married sucks

Being sexy is inside of you. It's a confidence thing and learning how to embrace your flaws because everybody has their issues and things that they don't like about themselves.

I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.

Once in a while there are things the brain simply refuses to accept as being true because they appear too improbable, too unlikely, too preposterous.

It's always better to be wise than to be smart.

You see all of us go through the same doubts. We are afraid of being mad; unfortunately for us, of course, all of us are already mad.

In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.

Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore.

I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.

You're either a really good hooker or a really good mom. That kind of conflicted nature is very much a part of being a woman.

Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.

I think you have an obligation to be honest.

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.

Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary

We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.

I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what they choose.

Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.

I have been taken for a ride a couple of times. I've been hurt by people who I've had a 90 percent possibility of being hurt by.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.

People have a hard time believing that, but not having a father around, being shy, I just never participated in sports much.

Be yourself. If something you do doesn't work, don't do it the next time. Listen to yourself - you know what appropriate behavior is.

Values reduce to facts about the well-being of conscious creatures.

I'm hugely proud of being Irish. And I don't even know what that means. I just know that it's true.

Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

Let us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.

It's all about being happy with your life and having fun. At least that's what works for me.

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.

Positive work environments outperform negative work environments.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14

The intrinsic path to success is to focus on being the person that you are, and put all of your energy and drive into being the best possible version of yourself.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.

No matter how perfect is physical beauty of a girl, if she could trample and not to appreciate the love, she doesn't worth of being loved.

...it seemed appropriate that I should develop some kind of illness. This is a good idea when you are at a loose end because everything, up to and including herpes, is better than being bored.

Being a good human being is good business.

Communal well-being is central to human life.

Being employed is like being loved: you know that somebody's thinking about you the whole time.

If you are passionate about something, that will enable you to be the best you can be.

It's one of the most fundamental desires of man, of being free and flying unhindered, and it really seems to go a lot with our founding fathers' principles of freedom.