Being One Of Many Quotes

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant. — Jerzy Kosinski

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

The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them. — Kingsley Amis

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. — Jimmy Hoffa

Life was full of so many possibilities - why should you spend even one day of it being bored? — Mia Sheridan

Being a scrub was undesirable and hard work, living in crowded conditions with no privacy and just being one of many. Undistinguishable. — Maria V. Snyder

So many knives and forks and spoons were not meant for a human being but for a centipede ... — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one's chances of being a victim of violence fivefold. — Steven Pinker

One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help. — Langston Hughes

The paths of Fate are many and varied,and no sane being should ever venture down the deceptively pleasant one of "if only".What happened,happened; — Christie Golden

One characteristic of modern poetry is that arrangement of parts which strikes many people as being violent or obscure. — Muriel Rukeyser

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries. — Orhan Pamuk

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette. — Tom Hanks

There are many different forms of betrayal, but one hurts the most, Betraying Your Self. — Auliq Ice

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. — Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Truth is pursued in many equally meaningful ways, science being one of those ways. — William R. Coulson

Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am. — Augustus Saint-Gaudens

One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me. — Sheila Heti

The end and aim of all science is to find the unity, the One out of which the manifold is being manufactured, that One existing as many. — Swami Vivekananda

The image I have sketched views Jesus differently: rather than being the exclusive revelation of God, he is one of many mediators of the sacred. — Marcus Borg

One of the advantages of being a national journalist of some recognition is that you come across high-profile people, and many become your friends. — Tom Brokaw

Not being able to find the right words at crucial times is one of my many problems. — Haruki Murakami

Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them. — William Empson

To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing. — Andre Ovredal

I'll tell you now that I hate myself for many reasons, but being Jewish is not one of them. — Clive Sinclair

Being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening — Mark Yudof

Is this muteness a real physical handicap? One of the many symptoms of being Dead?Or do we just have nothing left to say? — Isaac Marion

Rose, oh pure contradiction, joy
of being No-one's sleep under so many
lids. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious.There's only one master of the heart-Jesus, not religion. — Oswald Chambers

For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has had many people to love. — Jean Reno

Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the many downsides to being a drug addict is never really knowing if the stuff is real. — Rebecca McNutt

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

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