Being There Quotes

I'm much more concerned with being a good dad than a good actor, being there for my children, educating them and hopefully helping them avoid some of the mistakes that I've made.

A great man represents a great ganglion in the nerves of society, or to vary the figure, a strategic point in the campaign of history, and part of his greatness consists in his being there.

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

Out of this same light, out of the central mind, We make a dwelling in the evening air, In which being there together is enough.

Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

The power of good film is being there in the moment.

I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.

When we were visiting New York City, I took my kids to the same playground where I went growing up. It was fun to feel that connection of having gone there as a kid and being there as a parent.

I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being there. It's a sense of spirit that I think every film should have.

Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling.

I think that a good movie creates its own world, and that world needn't refer to anything that's real. If it's consistent, if it's entertaining, if it's interesting, it justifies its being there.

The general election's taking place today in Iraq, so I guess that means we're one step closer to being there for another 10 years.

In general, I always make it my mission to focus on the one person in the audience who seems to be absolutely miserable about being there and try to convert them.

You know, me winning two gold medals, going for a third one, that's nice. But being there with Mark and my sister, and my brother being the coach, it's a dream come true. It's going to be awesome.

I believe my most important job is being there when you need help.

Guilt is tricky because we confuse it with caring. ... It's the next best thing to being there.

There was certainly a space I felt for me, don't complain about it not being there, make it.

I love the idea that the person that signs you makes the record, because you get that sense of guidance, of being there at that close point.

Some of the films that I have really enjoyed include: The Fifth Element, The Crow, Toys, Seven, Forrest Gump, The Lion King, 12 Monkeys, Doctor Zhivago, Being There, and Trainspotting.

What is perfect? From the Zen mind, perfection is not being there.

Between pigs and human beings there was not and there need not be any clash of interest whatsoever.

Doing a show is very similar to what meditation is supposed to be: being there and being present in that space and time.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

Do not submit. It is extremely critical that repression be met full head-on and that it be resisted with every fiber in our being. There is just absolutely no compromise that can be made with it.

In 2016, you shouldn't have to choose between succeeding at work and being there for your family.

New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.

Everyone had a weakness. It was the law of nature that for each being there was a predator, or a disease, or a vulnerability built into their very core.

Inside every human being, there is unlimited time and space.

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

Then when [ISIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned.

Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there…the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.

The more that I work with people that I don't know, the more I invite somebody in who's potentially going to really hate being there.

When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

Thanks, Mom for always being there For showing me such love and care. Thanks for all you've done and do How I turned out is down to you I love you Have a lovely birthday

95% of being a success is just showing up on time and being there. I don't know how I knew that when I was younger. You have to stick around for people to remember you.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

If what you write is true, it will not be so because of what you are as a writer but because of what you are as a being. There can be no literary equivalent to truth.

There's something about being there, on the set, in costume, in the moment, where you start to get a feel for the scene, which is not the same as sitting in your office writing it.

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love. I now allow this love to flow to the surface.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

[...] even in the cruelest human being there can exist a flower of good. Maybe just the tiniest blossom, in need of water and sunlight, but a flower just the same.

My mother's in my life, but at the time you imagine your mom passing away, not being there ... as a kid you try to think of something that hurts you the most ... It was just a tool [in "Hardball"].

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

What scares me is not living up to be a good enough father to my son and letting down my family - not being there enough and not being able to give enough of yourself.

Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten.