Top 1200 Unbearable Lightness Of Being Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

I could find faults with all my albums because that's just a part of being an artist - it's hard being a human being, isn't it?

Being a rapper is about being cool, but being a comedian, you're not supposed to be the coolest guy.

As a jealous man, I suffer four times over: because I am jealous, because I blame myself for being so, because I fear that my jealousy will wound the other, because I allow myself to be subject to a banality: I suffer from being excluded, from being aggressive, from being crazy, and from being common.

I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.

Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

Being a father is certainly a task. But the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family, that's what it's about...

The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be reminded of God and his own nature.

Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

I'm somebody who looks at things through the lens of being a wife and being a mother and being a United States Marine.

So being a senior player, being a goalkeeper, being a team member, I think saving the ball is my first main priority.

Being there for my son, being there for my wife, just being a better man. That's all I know.

I have gained so much more from my experiences of being open and loving humanity rather than being jaded and being closed-off.

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it with every fibre of my being when Ma was recognised. Another way of looking at celebrity, though, is it's being famous for being brilliant at something.

Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts of joy because we're too busy chasing down the extraordinary moments. Other times we're so afraid of the dark we don't dare let ourselves enjoy the light. A joyful life is not a floodlight of joy. That would eventually become unbearable. I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude and inspiration

When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's just being out there and being honest and happily imperfect.

It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.

It's amazing: it's so cool being from Brampton, Ontario, and being able to travel the world and being embraced by so many countries.

[On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

In being wildly natural we recover best from being unnatural, from being spiritual.

I think I felt pretty alienated, being bigger, being mixed race, being of lower socioeconomic standing.

Being a human being without forgiveness is like being a guitarist without fingers or being the diva without a tongue.

God wants my life to be about being successful and being happy and blessing other people and being blessed.

You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak; not by being right, but through your mistakes.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

What an unbearable creature he must have been in those days--and yet in those days he had been comparatively innocent. That was another mystery: it sometimes seemed to him that venial sins--impatience, an unimportant lie, pride, a neglected opportunity--cut you off from grace more completely than the worst sins of all. Then, in his innocence, he had felt no love for anyone; now in his corruption he had learnt.

99.9% of being a good parent is just being present with your child. On the flipside of that, 100% of being happy is just being present.

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

If we approach other people understanding our own value, being confident in who we are, being centered and grounded, it's actually easier for us to connect with them because we can listen more deeply and we can express ourselves more authentically without fear of being judged or not being enough.

I think it's interesting that the opposite of being active in yoga is not being passive. It's being receptive.

I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him.

I got songs about being broke, being on welfare, being poor, Section 8.

Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.

You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

To me, being a woman in 2016 means having a voice, being unique, being true to yourself, and finding a way to be of service.

My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.

The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

Being a fan doesn't mean being there from the start... It means being there till the end.

Good taste has everything to do with being cultured and being refined, and if art has to do with anything, it has to do with being human.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.

Being an Orlando Magic dancer was definitely one of the most exciting times of my life. Being on the team was really like being in a sisterhood.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.

Being bisexual, being bipolar, being biracial - it's been used to define me, but I am desperate to be indefinable.

How dominating is appetite, how enveloping immediate experience! Even the philosophically minded among us capitulate, ultimately, to the narrowest sense of personal need. Political time moves at a snail's pace because it is only with nearly insurmountable difficulty that moral discomfort takes root in the best of people, forcing an imperative out of a complaint; so viscerally repugnant is it for a critical mass to find the prevailing system unbearable, much less prepare to take up arms against it.

Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.

I went from being a guy who was sparingly being used on television to being the World Heavyweight Champion and the focus of a lot of the storylines on Smackdown.

One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.

Being wild can be wearing a silly hat. Being wild can be dancing weird. Being wild can be shooting people. What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild.

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

Being good, being talented, and being young is something, you know, that I had and have.

Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet robes to best effect. "Well of course it is. I'd never dream of giving wine to an infant! What do you take me for, a barbarian? But for you... well, it might go a long way to make you a little less jumpy. You've been positively unbearable to live around. "I can't have it either. It affects the babies in utero.

I know that being in the entertainment business... my first son, I had to sacrifice being away, being on tour a lot and I wasn't really present.