B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence.”
“Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly.”
“Being a writer requires an intoxication with language.”
Source: Conversations with Jim Harrison
“Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.”
“Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.”
“Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.”
“Being able to "go beyond the information" given to "figure things out" is one of the few untarnishable joys of life.”
Source: The Culture of Education
“Being able to accept that unexpected things can happen is important to managing our mindset. Sometimes adopting a “fuck it” attitude, as self-diagnosed overthinker Steve Kerr did during his NBA career, can be important to help overcome an endless loop of debilitating thoughts and irrelevant distractions.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous of education and experience”
“Being able to allow people to be who they are without trying to change them is important.”
“Being able to articulate the gospel with accuracy is one thing; having its truth captivate your soul is quite another.”
Source: Gospel
“Being able to be aware that we have thoughts, but that we are not our thoughts, is a major breakthrough for people seeking emotional health and spiritual wellbeing.”
Source: Drug Addiction Recovery: The Mindful Way
“Being able to be repeated controllably
is one key element in risk management.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“Being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer.”
Source: The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
“Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.”
“being able to buy anything put a spotlight on the things that couldn’t be bought (lost friendship, lost love, lost time)”
Source: Oona Out of Order
“Being able to change the lives of people around me motivates me. I always try to build technology and innovations that solve problems, simplify people's lives, and give others what they want.”
“Being able to channel my creativity, emotions and experience through a character was and is freedom for me.”
“Being able to check your balance on the phone is the best invention ever.”
“Being able to choose the skin I live in was the draw of fashion.”
“Being able to communicate with a loved one that you haven't talked to in a while because of some communication break makes their life and your life in a much better place.”
“Being able to connect with people with similar taste and style also allows people to get to know us better. Although we have been around for a little, some people listen to our music and some people don't listen to our music, so it's nice to be able to curate the sounds and show our influences. Although it's nice to go out and look fancy and dress up, you don't always go to parties where the music is a good so it's nice to be in a position to bring the vibes and create the experience.”
“Being able to control your emotion — having the foresight to understand the consequences of your actions and choosing a less destructive path — is one of the gifts of being human.”
Source: Kill the Beast
“Being able to create your own work, being able to indulge your own fantasies is so much better than journalism, so much more fulfilling than journalism, to me, that as long as I can continue to write fiction, I shall.”
“Being able to depend on someone doesn't mean you're dependent on them.”
Source: Untold
“Being able to disappear and appear and go through walls and fly with the speed of thought isn't going to make you half as happy as to see those you witnessed to, Hi there! Wow, didn't I meet you on the streets? Didn't I talk to you about Jesus? Wow! Here you are! Hallelujah! That's going to be the biggest thrill of all!”
“Being able to do everything in the business doesn't necessarily mean you should do everything.”
“Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight.”
“Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first.”
“Being able to do what you wish is the best thing in the world!”
“Being able to do whatever we want to do is the most precious natural gift that we possess, but doing only what we ought to do is the only adequate expression of our gratitude for it.”
“Being able to draw Batman was 100% of my decision to sign with DC.”
“Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.”
“Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.”
Source: Butcher Bird
“Being able to engage my creativity in a way that makes a difference inspires me more than anything.”
“Being able to express myself through music and art has always been when I feel the most alive.”
“Being able to express shallow words of sympathy in a sweet voice doesn't make someone a caring, compassionate soul. What's important is the ability to have empathy for another human being--to be able to feel their pain, to walk alongside them in their suffering.”
Source: The Cat Who Saved Books
“Being able to extend jQuery, whether by adding your own functions, CSS selectors or full- blown plugins, makes you a much stronger and smarter developer.”
Source: jQuery Plugin Development In 30 Minutes
“Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.”
“Being able to find a compromise is about being brave and serving France.”
“Being able to forget something is no less than a superpower. You can't forget by trying to forget. Instead, switch to the higher perspective as often as possible. Wonder about the mysteries of universe.”
“Being able to freely explore my identity through aesthetic and expressive play is a joy. Why on earth would we seek to deny that to children, the very people for whom play was not only invented but who are its most ingenious architects?”
Source: Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
“Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.”
“Being able to go to work every day with such a good friend - especially in this business where your jobs are short, the turnover's fast, and you're working all the time with so many different people, and there's so many different projects going on that the odds are that you could actually book something that hopefully, knock on wood, is a long-term job with one of your best friends - is too good to be true.”
“Being able to hear an opinion. And then how to apply that opinion is something I am learning and working with every day. What can be tricky is how to differentiate a good suggestion that you should apply to your work [from] someone's personal taste at their opinionated best.”
“Being able to hear the voice of my Lord fosters trust that gives me the power to stand toe-to-toe against any opponent and speak God’s truth into reality, calling His Kingdom to come into my situation.”
Source: Constant Companion: Your Practical Path to Real Interaction with God
“Being able to help, being able to go out there every five games, is definitely something I was waiting for.”
“Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's good therapy as well.”
“Being able to influence the outcome, being able to do something about it, to be able to stop the bleeding. You're not being useful if you're just standing there going "Oh, that's awful!" You're only useful if you actually do something about it and I think that goes for everything. If you actually do something about what's in front of you, then you are actually contributing and you haven't got time to be self-centred or sorry for yourself. You should be doing something about the person you really should feel sorry for.”
“Being able to inspire the body is an easy feat, but being able to inspire the soul as well is true talent.”