To Be Something Quotes
The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have materialized.
Sometimes miracles happen. We have to be confident. We're convinced we can do something really exceptional.
My philosophy is that, in life, you have to want something. If you just say "la-la-la" and go through life without a goal, nothing will happen.
It is easier to believe that there was nothing before there was something than that there was something before there was nothing.
Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks, forgetting that the past is just the stuff with which to make more future.
There are only two types of change: Something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you.
I am dying a thousand cruel and unusual deaths as fifty pairs of eyes take me in, size me up like something that should be hanging over a fireplace in a gentleman's den.
Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.
I'm the kind of person that when I really want something, I wish for it. I wish on shooting stars. I wish on lots of things.
I just hope people see that if God can do something beautiful with my broken pieces, then God truly has a plan for each and everyone of us.
My grandfather was the first feminist in my life. He taught me if a woman can do something, a man will respect her.
You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything You've got to be your own man, not a puppet on a string
Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something different.
Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.
One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful even if it is only a floating ash.
Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.
I'm missing something, aren't I?" "Brains", he snapped. "And survival instinct. The Hawklord's been waiting for you for three hours." "Tell him I'm dead.
Yes, there was something special about me, and I knew what it was. I was the kind of girl they found dead in a hall bedroom with an empty bottle of sleeping pills in her hand.
If there is a conflict in your mind between what you know and what you are seeing, paint what you see because if you don't, the result will look like something that isn't there.
Art does not want the representation of a beautiful thing, but the representation of something beautiful.
My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
Once the storm comes out, the landscape changes. What you had before is altered in some way. And you have a choice: build something new and better from what is left or abandon it.
It's incredible to have people show their support when your doing something you love.
Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.
One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.
And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth are very close, and that something beautiful rests between.
I don't mind opinions, because you like something or you don't like something, but to say things about your personal life? I'm like, "Man, let me quit reading this. 'Cause I'll stab everybody."
People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.
Behavior is a symptom. If you look at it like a problem, you're just going to make a judgment. If you look at like a symptom, you can do something about it.
From cane reeds, sugar. From a worm's cocoon, silk. Be patient if you can, and from sour grapes will come something sweet.
If you want to reach out for something new, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.
I don't ever want something that I didn't do because I was afraid of it or I didn't think I'd be good at it - within reason. Obviously I'm never going to be able to play the trumpet.
Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.
