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Being Quotes

On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.

This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.

I don't have the experience of being in a war.

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

Being in recovery for a lot of years now, I've worked with a lot of people who've gotten sober and sat with a lot of folks who are suffering. Bearing witness is a really underrated thing; it's a big damn...

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

If somebody in a family is in service, the whole family is in service. I didn't know that. I didn't know our veterans were being deployed seven, eight, nine, 10 times. It's inhumane.

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

I've got lots of problems. Being gay isn't one of them.

Quotes by Mary Gauthier

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

Quotes by Mary J. Blige

I do get starstruck working with Bruce because even though he is such a nice guy he's a real movie star. I grew up watching his movies it is just really hard to get used to just being around Bruce...

Quotes by Mary Elizabeth Winstead

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

Quotes by Mary Cheney

When I am there at our global product development centers, I am meeting with the design team and reviewing design work being done there and meeting with engineers responsible for work being done specific to that region, meeting with purchasing...

Quotes by Mary Barra

Lyft is focused on the customer - the driver - as GM is. I've talked many times about our goal being, 'How we can put the customer at the center of what we do so we earn customers for life?'...

Quotes by Mary Barra

I'm going to keep on being Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Quotes by Marvin Hagler

Maybe I'm old-fashioned. But I remember the beauty and thrill of being moved by Broadway musicals - particularly the endings of shows.

Quotes by Marvin Hamlisch

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.

Quotes by Marvin Harris

Like most North Americans, I'd been raised on the notion that milk is the first food, and everybody must like it because it's so good and so important for growing up and for being healthy.

Quotes by Marvin Harris

Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.

Quotes by Marvin Sapp

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

Quotes by Mary Astell

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

Quotes by Marty Meehan

Talent is being able to please people.

Quotes by Marty Robbins

President Obama's FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski, has a reputation in D.C. of being a 'tepid' regulator. From reports of his net neutrality proposal, he's living up to that reputation.

Quotes by Marvin Ammori

Default choices often remain unchanged for no reason other than being the default, either because of this lack of information or humans' status quo bias.

Quotes by Marvin Ammori

VW's future is increasingly being decided in China, Russia, India, the Americas and Southeast Asia. This is where we will generate most of our growth in future.

Quotes by Martin Winterkorn

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives on "being" show up in these quotes?
The quotes touch on being from a particular place ("Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman"), being childlike as a performer, being inappropriate as part of the craft of acting, and being flexible and open as part of aging well.
Is there a quote here about acting and creativity?
Yes, two: "As an actor, you always want to reach back to being a child and having the spontaneity and the imagination of a child," and "There's so much we can't express in our day-to-day interaction with people because it's considered inappropriate. And acting is all about being inappropriate." For more on consistent character traits, see Always.
What does this page say about aging?
"Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself" offers a positive take on getting older, tied closely to the idea of "being" open to change.
Is there anything here about personal identity or background?
Yes: "Love the show 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' Being from Louisiana and a big outdoorsman, I'm a big fan of 'Duck Dynasty' as well" ties personal identity to place and interests. For more quotes centered on personal likes, browse Like.
How does this page relate to the Able quotes page?
"Being" here is about states and qualities of a person - childlike, open, flexible - while Able focuses more on capability and what someone can do. Also check Good for more positive, character-focused quotes.

You may also like our Good quotes on positive character traits and Always quotes on consistency and steadfastness.