Top 111 Being There Quotes

First and foremost, I want to give thanks to Indiana, as a state, for embracing me and my family for seven years of being there. I learned so much being there. They taught me so much.

When a team has to work over a weekend, make a high priority of being there as well, even if it’s just to stop by and buy them a meal to show your appreciation.

Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It’s about being there at big moments, but it’s also just the consistency of decision making. And it’s routine.

It’s very hard to balance being there for somebody else and taking care of yourself.

I cry whenever I watch an emotional scene that I did, just because it brings me back to that moment. It’s like, I remember being there; I remember feeling what I felt. It’s really weird, right?

It’s not a matter of being first, it’s being there at the right time, being first in volume to market, and knowing what trends to stay away from.

Would I work in Scotland again? Of course I would. I loved every single second of being there.

I’ve got to be able to get my time off whether it’s just enjoying my house or the peace and quiet of my family and being there and cooking for them. I love doing that. I also love doing leisure things. I ride horses. I love to shop. I love to drive!

Most remember the groundbreaking first in sports; few remember the third or fourth to follow in those tracks. That’s not downplaying anyone’s achievements but rather recognizing that there comes a time when simply being there is no longer good enough for the record books.

I knew very little or nothing about the Olympics. Having qualified was itself a big achievement for me, and then being there was quite overwhelming. Although I lost in the opening round, but the fact that I fought well was enough for me to take away from Athens.

They send women into combat without being prepared for women in combat. The men resented them being there, and it was just very, very difficult for them, and they had to fight for the respect they were earning. And that’s all they want is the respect.

If you stand over on the edge of the west coast of Ireland and look west, you are looking at something you can’t see, only imagine. You know America is there, and you can imagine it being there. But you’re also looking into infinity, because you can see nothing.

Having a mother with an illness and being there for her, and being there for my children I just realize how precious life is.

Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you.

I’m always most comfortable in the studio. It’s my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.

My wife and son are my world and being there for them in every way possible is the only thing that matters to me… that and my work.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

As long as the fans keep comin’ out, we’re gonna keep making records and keep being there.

There is something very unsettling about being with someone when they die. People say it’s peaceful. It’s not peaceful. It’s the most personal thing you can do, is die, and you feel almost like you’re invading someone’s most personal moment by being there.

No matter what happens, I can go back to the mountains. I have nature and my wonderful friends and neighbors. I get so much by being there.

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.

My family has made a lot of sacrifices for me, and I’m looking forward to being there for them.

The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business.

Professionalism and punctuality are extremely important, especially in the career path I’ve chosen. Being on sets, film schedules can be very stringent and tight. They are sometimes at odd hours in various locations. Being there when you’re called just ensures that the day starts smoothly.

As a writer, it’s a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his reality, because I think that’s pretty much what being a writer is – being there, watching and internalizing.

You sort of start to slowly earn more respect from the players. You have to get used to being there and know that you belong. Mentally, that’s one of the hardest parts.

Whether it’s standing backstage with Jennifer Lopez in a dress that I know everyone will be talking about tomorrow… or being there when incredible news breaks, and instead where people sit in front of their TVs and look at it, I’m the person who goes there to bring you the story… It’s amazing. It’s unbelievable.

I’ve got my hardcore fans, and I thank them so much for being there for me and not giving up on me.

Cleveland, although I didn’t play a lot I really learned a ton in my year and a half of being there. I was really fortunate to be around some of the game’s best players.

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

Many people told me such convincing ghost stories that I felt that there really were ghosts, though I hadn’t seen any. And though I still haven’t seen a ghost, I feel that they are all around us; we are just not aware of them being there.

It’s actually meditative to sit in a character for an extended period of time, realizing what your relationship is to who you’re playing and then letting go, just being there.

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

With fame, you can’t trust everybody. You can’t depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you’ve got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you’ve got and what you can bring to their life. It’s not a relationship-it’s a leech.

We have new tools that can give the audience a sense of not only being there, which is the key element in an IMAX film, but also seeing things in a way that they won’t see on television or in feature films.

I’ve lived in Hawaii long enough now where people don’t make a big deal about me being there; I’m just a part of the community, thankfully.

When you go to a film set, of course you’re going to do your job, and you’re excited about being there, but you somehow feel fatigued that you are just doing this day in and day out.

As much as I miss the work, I don’t miss NBC. I don’t miss being there. It was just the wrong atmosphere for me.

I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It’s by the sea, there’s a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.

When it comes to Father’s Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.

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

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

I’d never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!

Just being there at the Olympics, you kind of just take in every single moment.

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 love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I’m spoiled, having grown up in theater.

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.

It’s not that my father didn’t love me, it’s just that he wasn’t capable of consistently being there. His mood swings were gigantic.

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it’s the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

Every actor in the room honored Sidney for being there so many years before. And everybody was so moved to be at a place where history was being made again. It was tangible.

I’m actually a very shy person, which is why I always chose to be in the kitchen. You can make people happy and entertain them, without really being there. You can make a very short appearance and then say, ‘I’ve got something on the stove, gotta go!’

Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that.

Tom Hooper did an amazing job in capturing the feel of Victor Hugo’s book. I thought some of the performances were incredible. I thought the Bishop would be a nice part to play, and they all made such a fuss of me being there.