Being Quotes

I feel like if you’re a really good human being, you can try to find something beautiful in every single person, no matter what.

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Conflict is good in a negotiation process… it’s the clash of two ideas, which then, all being well, produces a third idea.

Having read the histories of other countries, I saw that expansion was everything, and that the world’s surface being limited, the great object of present humanity should be to take as much of the world as it possibly could.

It is really interesting to change your hair color after being blond your entire life.

Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

When hackers have access to powerful computers that use brute force hacking, they can crack almost any password; even one user with insecure access being successfully hacked can result in a major breach.

Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

Nature doesn’t need people – people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.

I realised that success and pure creativity are not very compatible. The more successful you become, the more you become a product of something that generates money. Instead of being able to move forward freely and do what you really wish, you find yourself stuck and obliged to repeat yourself and your previous success.

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.

If you just focus on getting better, and not being the best, you have such a good time.

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.

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

We must listen to the concerns of our people without dismissing them. When people see something wrong, there is something wrong. When our people see corruption, it means there is corruption. When our people see that their resources are being stolen by certain people, it means this is happening, and we should listen.

One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it’s integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards.

Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.

Become a good all-around human being.

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.

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.

I’d rather be busy, working non-stop, than being bored at home, you know?

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 told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous – everyone hasn’t met me yet.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

As long as you’re not hurting anybody else, as long as you’re being kind to people and you’re doing what you love, only good things can come of it.

Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

I really miss being able to blend in with people.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without too much apparent loss of face.

I like being the underdog so they don’t expect what’s going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I’m not doing better.

I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.