I am surrounded by exceptional women on Accenture’s board of directors as well as my own leadership team.
I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man.
It is incredible to come to work every day surrounded by individuals whose insights and efforts place us at the forefront of finance.
It isn’t brave to stand up for gun control in a building surrounded by armed guards. It’s simply elitist.
For a woman who’s a widow and pretty much a loner, I can walk out, and I’m surrounded by NYU kids. The energy jumps off the sidewalks, and I never feel sad or bored.
I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
To me, serving wasn’t uncommon, and my service paled in comparison to so many of my friends who had done so much more. In my world – as a citizen soldier – I was surrounded by other soldiers just doing their jobs.
I rose to the top real quick, and I was surrounded by Triple H, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, these guys who were very well respected in the profession, and they wanted to work with me, so I knew I was doing something right.
My parents were in the theater so I was always somewhat surrounded by it.
That industry expects you to prove yourself over and over again. Do I stay doing this, or do I raise my daughter and live surrounded by people who love me? Wasn’t even really a choice.
If you’d rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.
I live surrounded by threats. I must stay alert. I am a law-abiding citizen; have never broken any rule while driving. But if someone clicks a photo or shoots a video, I have to be suspicious of their intentions.
The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.
I’m not really out in the world all that much. I mean, I live with no phone signal, in the hills surrounded by trees, and I have, like, a mom and two baby deer that come by all the time, and my dogs and the squirrels are in a full-on feud every morning.
When Muslims live and grow up in a separate neighborhood in London, they are surrounded only by their culture. They don’t need to integrate with other cultures, they don’t need to mix with other people… When we don’t live together, we start hating each other.
If I’m not on tour or in the studio, I’m in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It’s not lost on me that it’s a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
As a songwriter and a singer in a successful rock band, I have had the good fortune of being surrounded by incredible musicians, lots of wonderful production on both record and onstage, and plenty of volume!
In elite gymnastics, I was surrounded by this bubble, that gymnastics was literally all I knew, and I’d like to know about worldly issues.
My happiest hours are spent in school, surrounded by those I hope to benefit.
When I am back in old Blighty, I am surrounded by the old and familiar concerns: New Labour, Europe, the Middle East and the rest. If you live in Britain, you will know what I mean – except you won’t, because you will take it for granted that this is what the world is all about.
I don’t have a lot of men in my life. I’m married, but I have daughters. I’m surrounded by a lot of females in my world.
I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace.
When you’re surrounded by a world of constant lies, manipulation, and deceit, that dark energy is bound to seep into you eventually.
To me, just to be surrounded by others, even without a common purpose, is great fulfillment.
I love the people at my job. I love my boss. I love my camera men, I love my crew – because they all surrounded me with straight love.
When I was on the Ryder Cup team and I surrounded myself with the other 11 guys and our captains, being in that locker room, it gave me an extra sense of confidence.
My father was a newspaper editor, so I was surrounded by journalists my entire life. I think the fact that he was so well known may be why I chose to go into magazines and move to the States at a young age.
Feminism wasn’t really at the top of my vocabulary. I think what’s been interesting for me – let me say this delicately – when I’ve been surrounded by men who don’t believe women are equal, I didn’t think women were equal, including myself.
I’d like to give out positive vibes and be surrounded by them as well.
I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.
I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.
I did a lot of research on what solitary confinement does to you, how you become acclimated to being surrounded by people again after being by yourself for such a long time. It’s really a horrific thing. It’s definitely worth considering it as torture. We’re just not meant to be in solitary confinement.
None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them – surrounded by family and friends.
I loved being surrounded by gadgets.
When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street… except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn’t have to be anything – it doesn’t have to be the main character, it doesn’t have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo – anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.
I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by people that were always supporting me, and I never felt pressure.
I really love weddings. You are surrounded by people who are strangers and then after you say ‘I do’ those strangers become family.
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings – sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.
When you’re surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you’re by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don’t feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you’re really alone.
Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
I’ve always believed in myself and I’ve surrounded myself with positive-thinking people. That’s why a lot of times I don’t watch the sports shows or listen to the radio because of that simple fact, that there’s too many critics out there and if you listen to everybody’s opinion, I think it works against you.
It’s more than just dance – it’s about a living a healthier, happier life, surrounded by inspiring people.
I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence.
As a teacher at Princeton, I’m surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don’t really think of it as work – writing a novel, in one sense, is a problem-solving exercise.
The danger of growing up surrounded by endless sweet and salty industrial concoctions is not that we are innately incapable of resisting them but that the more frequently we eat them, especially in childhood, the more they train us to expect all food to taste this way.
It’s a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you’re surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
I’m fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me.
I always want to be surrounded by likeminded people. I cannot work with grumpy people.
I think I feel my best – I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out – when I’m just surrounded with love, when I’m with my family and we’re all having a wonderful time together. There’s nothing greater than your family surrounding you.
I don’t buy the tabloids, but you’re surrounded by it all and people tell you things they’ve read. I’d be sitting on a train looking over someone’s shoulder and thinking: That’s familiar… oh my God, it’s me.
Working with Vic Reeves in a beautiful English field surrounded by loads of chicken wire – it’s every person’s dream job.
