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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'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of things - not being afraid to try to write about baseball, choral music and dinosaurs in the same week and see...

Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould

I think being gay has resulted in gay characters standing front and center in all of my work.

Quotes by Stephen Karam

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

Quotes by Stephen Fry

When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.

Quotes by Stephen Furst

When my parents died, they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases, one being diabetes. I became a diabetic at 17 and went on this road of kind of self-destruction, eating-wise, until I was 40.

Quotes by Stephen Furst

When Ellen Datlow was running the fiction at 'Omni' in the late '80s and into the '90s, I had a subscription. It was one of two subscriptions I'd saved for, the other being 'Spider-Man.' And they each opened my mind...

Quotes by Stephen Graham Jones

What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what draws readers and audiences there in the first place.

Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt

Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap - it is all in the mind.

Quotes by Stephen Hawking

It's kind of a weird process being pitched by the company you're already with.

Quotes by Stephen Curry

I couldn't work my way into being a good-looking guy.

Quotes by Stephen Dillane

I like being creative.

Quotes by Stephen Dorff

Being an actor is pretty much like being in the circus.

Quotes by Stephen Dorff

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

Quotes by Stephen Carter

I love being onstage. I love the relationship with the audience. I love the letting go, the sense of discovery, the improvising.

Quotes by Stephen Colbert

I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.

Quotes by Stephen Colbert

Working on 'Laguna' was great because just being in production and shooting stuff and having to go back and relive some things, and there were some lines here and there that the producers would want us to say, and just...

Quotes by Stephen Colletti

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

Quotes by Stephen Ambrose

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.

Quotes by Stephen Cambone

That is really not much different from the search engines that are being constructed today for users throughout the entire world to allow them to search through databases to access the information that they require.

Quotes by Stephen Cambone

I enjoy being single, but I loved being married.

Quotes by Stephanie Mills

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.