Being One Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Being One

Being One Quotes & Sayings

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One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one. — Dalton Trumbo

Self-awareness of one's faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud. — Bauvard

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose

Gone is what happens when people stop asking, when all research has ceased, when no one contributes to the archives of a life or its extinction. — Ellen Miller

By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage. — William Blackstone

So many people fail to realise that the greatest journey one can ever take is the journey to the very centre of one's being. — Susan Howatch

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being. — Abhijit V. Banerjee

The best advice on the art of being happy is about as easy to follow as advice to be well when one is sick. — Sophie Swetchine

Yes, one of the benefits of being embarrassingly rich is that you find out if you have syphilis much earlier than the average peasant would. — Abigail Barnette

If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead. — John Updike

Happiness depends on one being exactly fitted to the nature of one's work. — Alexis Carrel

I thought that was a wonderful idea, that one could be on hell without being in it, like "Just Visiting" on the Monopoly board. — David Vann

She was tired of being the one who cried. — Rainbow Rowell

Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. — Tom Sizemore

Searching nature I taste self but at one tankard, that of my own being. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

The best cure for one's own grief and pain was worrying about the well-being of someone else. — Drew Karpyshyn

Being clear of clutter is one of the greatest aids I know to discovering and manifesting the life you want. — Karen Kingston

No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being. — Sarah Addison Allen

There is nothing so disturbing to one's well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich — Charles P. Kindleberger

Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being. — Pedro Martinez

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God. — Robert Fulghum

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist. — Roger Ballen

A fan is a fan is a friend no matter what current he/she/it operates on, AC or DC. Thanks for being one of mine. — Burt Reynolds

If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to themselves in the third person. — Chris Wooding

And how does one lead? We lead by doing; we lead by being. — Bryant McGill

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free — Tsoknyi Rinpoche

There is only one you in all time. — Martha Graham

If being recalled is the price for keeping one's promises, then so be it. — Russell Pearce

And suddenly I wanted nothing more than to close all the little gaps that existed between our bodies, to collapse into one being. — Ransom Riggs

'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up. — Mark Valley

Which was one reason why Revolt of the Zombie Strippers was being shot in Gallup and not in a warehouse in Van Nuys. — Janet Evanovich

One thing about being narrow-minded: you'll never be lonely. — Mort Sahl

If you can only have one, which means more to you? Being someone or making a difference
-Lynny — Malorie Blackman

Everybody is two beings: one lives and flourishes in the daylight and stands guard. The other being walks and howls at night. — Zora Neale Hurston

One will develop ruchi (liking) for chanting of the holy names, when one has compassion for each and every living being. — Lokanatha Swami

Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence, accident, or disease. — Steven Pinker

I still think of my mum as being kind of a dork - a cooler one, but still a dork. — Georgia Jagger

It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life. — Ellen Potter

Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect. — James Broughton

It's quite confusing being one of the less wealthy people at a posh place. — Sally Phillips

Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away? — A.M. Homes

I don't mind being disliked - I will be the one to step up and say what needs to be said if it helps one woman who comes after me. — Rose McGowan

One should not google oneself. My mother lets me know when I'm being followed by paparazzi. — Ginnifer Goodwin

The strength of a human being is in one's hierarchical level, characterised by say separation from physiological needs upwards. — Priyavrat Thareja

It is one thing being disciplined to plan and it is another thing being a disciple of great work. Be your own disciplinarian. — Israelmore Ayivor

Love is reducing the universe to one being. — Victor Hugo

In the Far East, studying yoga is comparable to a mixture of attending one of the best Western universities, and of being an intrepid explorer. — Frederick Lenz

There are many people out there (me being one of them) who can vouch that animals have feelings; they feel compassion and love, as well as pain! — Jane Goodall

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism. — Lakhdar Brahimi

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis. — John Cusack

To attain peace, what one has to do is to seek that rhythm which is in the depth of our being. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

I'm not ashamed of being a bubbly, funny person. I think that's as valid as being the dark, brooding, tortured Oscar-nominated one. — Cameron Diaz

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato — Sienna Wilder

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter. — Zac Efron

The only thing worse than being on the wrong side of an argument is to be on the right side with no one listening. — Evan Esar

It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money. — George Eliot

Being called Angelina is like one of the worst things you could ever be called. — Pauly D

I have learned that one should say "Peace!" to those who shout their hatred for one's being and presence or at one's passage. — Tariq Ramadan

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. — Erica Jong

As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one. — Brian Eno

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. — Sidney Blumenthal

Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve. — Patricia Cornwell

I believe in hanging. Just so long as I'm not the one being hanged. — Truman Capote

I think that hurting gives us a way to measure being happy. How can you know one without knowing the other. — Lurlene McDaniel

I don't think of any sentence as a "one-liner", but I do pay attention to how people actually speak when they are being funny. Rhythm is key. — Lorrie Moore

Being able to be repeated controllably
is one key element in risk management. — Toba Beta

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member. — Nicola Sturgeon

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Hypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right. — Penn Jillette

I should say, one of the things about being a widow or a widower, you really, really need a sense of humor, because everything's going to fall apart. — Joyce Carol Oates

One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman. — Wolfgang Puck

No one enjoys being away from friends and family. — Roger Glover

One of the bonuses of being a Christian is the glorious hope that extends out beyond the grave into the glory of God's tomorrow. — Billy Graham

The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. — Tom Robbins

Leisure is one of the three greatest rewards of being a teacher. It is, unfortunately, the privilege which teachers most often misuse. — Gilbert Highet

Nothing is more maddening than being questioned by the object of one's interest about the object of hers, should that object not be you. — Iris Murdoch

Being able to write an idea down succinctly doesn't make that idea any better than one which rambles on a bit. It just comes to the point sooner. — Simon Travaglia

She wanted to be a little girl again, the one who thought getting high meant being pushed on the swings and pain was falling off her bike — Amy Zhang

I stay where I am for just one second longer, for one second reveling in the feeling of being held, touched with tenderness, even if it isn't real. — Cindy C. Bennett

Being an entrepreneur is simply going from one mistake to the next. You must have the fortitude to continue on. — Robert Kiyosaki

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism. — Joseph Epstein

I am not one of these people who instantly takes umbrage when he's corrected or - I love being corrected. — Harlan Ellison

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes one's fear, but the human being who has contact with it. — Andrew Pyper

One use of dreams is that, unprejudiced by our often forced and artificial reflections, they represent the impartial outcome of our entire being. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

I'm the one erased. Or I guess I'm not even that, because the thing about being erased is that first you have to leave a mark. — Robyn Schneider

I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time. — Lalu Prasad Yadav

Good Person, Good Words and Good Action are independent, wisdom lies in recognizing each of this good irrespective of other one or two being not Good. — Venkat Gandhi

I guess the line between being paranoid and being a rock star is smaller than one would expect. — Brian Molko

Being a poet is one of the unhealthier jobs
no regular hours, so many temptations! — Elizabeth Bishop

When you tour, it's so hard on the body. Being in one place is cool. It's a more stable environment. — Britney Spears

Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted. — Andre Malraux

I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion. — Herbert Hoover

There's only one thing worse than being sick...
and that's being sick and poor. — Lou Silluzio

You know, being bitten by a vampire one week before prom really sucks.
No pun intended. — Mari Mancusi

The passion of being forever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible. — Elizabeth Von Arnim

Ideas by themselves cannot produce change of being; your effort must go in the right direction, and one must correspond to the other. — P.D. Ouspensky

Being a day player, period, is one of the hardest things you can do as an actor. — Bryan Cranston

The one to whom nothing was refused, whose tears were always wiped away by an anxious mother, will not abide being offended.
- De Ira 2.21.6 — Seneca.

You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work. — Wendell Berry

I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. — Kazuo Ishiguro