Top 1200 Being Lied Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Being a good game show panelist is like being a virtuoso of the kazoo.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at proper books, which means books without pictures.

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection of a pre-existing truth, but, like art, the act of bringing truth into being.

Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, "You're based." They'd use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, "Yeah, I'm based." I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.

The tragedies that are being brought about vastly outweigh the benefits that are being achieved.

Being black has been put in such a negative light. For such a long time, being black has been criminalized, but being black is something that I should be proud of because we have so many black people who have accomplished so many amazing things in the world.

Nothing so reduces and drags down a human being as the consciousness of not being loved.

Being witty was the only side effect of being depressed that was working for me.

It's always a balance... being clear-headed but being aggressive and as combative as you need to be.

Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse.

I'm kind of resistant to being told no, not being wanted. It fills me with energy.

[On being the oldest living human being:] God must have forgotten me.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Being interviewed is an odd experience for me because I was an actor a long time before anyone ever asked me a question about myself. When I started being interviewed, I definitely felt I was being asked to defend or explain myself.

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.

Being a celebrity is like being raped, and there's absolutely nothing a player can do about it.

Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second.

Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at 'proper' books, which means books without pictures.

If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means they are being purified.

After fertilization has taken place a new human being has come into being.

When I was young and less wise, I thought that being a feminist meant being independent. It meant not sacrificing your needs for anyone else's and not relying on anyone else for even a smidgen of your happiness or well being.

I think one of the greatest advantages we had on the show growing up was being exposed to Mr. Cosby - being exposed to his work ethic, being exposed to how he handles the job of celebrity and living in the public eye... I think that all had a real significant impact.

Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.

Being champion for me is gratification. The realisation that I am the best. Overall, I like being a leader, setting a good example. I like being part of the solution and not the problem. I hope people think that I'm representing #1 properly. I just got to keep improving because the only person who will beat me is myself.

Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.

I just hated being around attention and stuff. In the clubhouse, I hated being around that. I didn't like anything to do with being around people, for the most part. I mean, I could be around them, just not in a talking situation, and that would make it even worse.

The research says that being successful doesn't automatically make you happier, but being happier - being more positive - makes you more successful.

For me, there's a fine line between being a cheeseball and being a good performer.

Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist.

Feminism means to me being comfortable with who you are as a woman and being unapologetic about it.

Being genuinely humble and being myself has helped me succeed in my career.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

The meaning of life is found in openness to being and "being present" in full awareness.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

People confuse being full of words with being terribly intelligent and informed.

There's more power in being Oprah Winfrey than in being Barack Obama.

I think being negative is being positive. You can't improve without stating the problem.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy

Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.

Our parents did a good job of instilling values in us, being able to do something you love. And when it gets hard, don't quit. To have faith in times where things might get hard in basketball, or maybe in life. It's being able to have a support system. Being able to have family, to help you through whatever.

Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall.

Own it. Just take it and say, 'Yes I will be great, I am going to be great.' Great doesn't mean being a movie star, great doesn't mean having millions of dollars. Great means being able to be confident, strong, and a solid human being that has dignity and integrity. That is great.

Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious.

I think every human being in the world appreciates being encouraged and acknowledged.

Being in the depths of sadness is just as important an experience as being exuberantly happy.

I've never bothered about my color. I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love. Maybe. I don't have a problem with being black in a white country or being with my people.

I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.

Unfortunately, modeling takes you with no transition from being a girl to being a business woman.

My mother was very proud of being Irish and being a Gunnigan in a straightforward way.

The truth of the matter is being gay is the way I was born. I believe this to the core of my being.

Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France.

The beloved is already in our being, as thirst and "otherness." Being is eroticism. Inspiration is that strange voice that takes man out of himself to be every thing that he is, everything that he desires; another body, another being. Beyond, outside of me, in the green and gold thicket, among the tremulous branches, sings the unknown. It calls to me.

Being a kid is so much more fun than being an adult. I think that's the crux of it. I think men are just less inclined to grow up because it's much more fun being a child.

No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

...I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.

There's a fine line between being sweet and innocent and being a tough broad.