Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Do more than you are being paid to do, and you’ll eventually be paid more for what you do.
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.
I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring.
It’s been quite a roller coaster ride, but I’ve grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people’s lives… for that I give thanks.
I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
Abortion is part of being a mother and of caring for children, because part of caring for children is knowing when it’s not a good idea to bring them into the world.
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
There is no personal achievement in being born beautiful.
The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.
Perfecting your craft is one of the main keys in being successful.
You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student.
Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I’m being funny, but I’m reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we’re going down the tube.
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
I cannot believe how fine I am with being bald.
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something’s wrong. He’s not right in the brain.
The hardest work in the world is being out of work.
If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.
Don’t worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
I grew up in East Germany, so we had to learn Russian in school… everybody hated it. I never thought it would come in handy… And being an actor, I’ve been able to use it quite a bit.
I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What’s the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing.
I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.
To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.
Being chaotic isn’t cute.
I love being outside and getting fresh air.
The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.
I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
My mom kicked me out a couple of weeks before my 18th birthday. I had a job for about six, seven months at a supermarket, and they fired me for being late.
Success doesn’t motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey.
Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
I believe in God – not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being.
All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.
Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.
Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.
The world sometimes feels like an insane asylum. You can decide whether you want to be an inmate or pick up your visitor’s badge. You can be in the world but not engage in the melodrama of it; you can become a spiritual being having a human experience thoroughly and fully.
There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
I’ve moved to Australia, to amazing parents who gave me unconditional love, to being educated and submerged in an amazing country and society.
So, being a good man is not an exam or a qualification, it changes, and it incorporates being a good friend, a good father, a good employee, a good boss, a good neighbour and a good citizen.
I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life’s July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.
Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained.
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.
For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.
You never know what the future holds, so I am just enjoying being happy, healthy, and having my wonderful husband by my side.
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I’d never be able to think the same again – that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.
Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
I’m happy with being myself.
