B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being an immigrant is not a status but a state of mind. It doesn’t stop when you “assimilate” or “integrate” or when you go from being an “outsider” to an “insider.” It is what you think of yourself. You only really stop being an immigrant when you reject other immigrants and try to slam the door in their faces when they try to emulate you.”
“Being an impatient person, I wanted to do what my grandmother said: "Do as much as you can as fast as you can; be as productive as possible." But you must be patient. So I have struggled to balance patience with being an impatient person, and trying to find a happy medium.”
“Being an imperfect creature in an imperfect world he would always know paradox. And that was why in paradox there was always a kind of truth. That was why philosophers and soothsayers flourished. In a perfect world there would be no place for them. In an imperfect world the mysteries were always without solution and that was why there was always a great choice of solutions.”
Source: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
“Being an independent thinker is the opposite of what we’re taught by most organized groups, from preschool classes to our teams at work. We feel comfortable in communities, so we encour- age the group dynamic and fitting-in above individuality. But cre- ativity and innovation require that you trust yourself and go against the group—that you think for yourself. Nothing truly innovative, visionary, or creative has ever come out of a group of people sitting in a boardroom giving their opinions on an idea, especially when the market is demanding authenticity.”
Source: The Age of Ideas: Unlock Your Creative Potential
“Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.”
“Being an Indie-Author does NOT mean being an amateur. It means being a professional, who prefers to retain control of their work, in order to provide the highest quality for their readers.”
“Being an innovative CIO means learning fast, being inclusive, embracing multiple viewpoints and taking calculated risks.”
Source: 12 CIO Personas: The Digital CIO's Situational Leadership Practices
“Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality.”
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.”
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That's what music is to me.” – Janis Joplin”
“Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving.”
“Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.”
Source: 'Tis Herself: An Autobiography
“Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.”
“Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?”
“Being an NFL quarterback there's a lot of advantages that come with it. There are a lot of doors that open when you're a quarterback but at the same time there's a lot of scrutiny. There are a lot of things you can't do as well.”
“Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.”
“Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
“Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.”
“Being an older mom, I'm super mellow with my kids. Also, "curious" and "loving.”
“Being an older person now, I'm finding that people are calling me to play various things. Variations on the theme of mother, caretaker, and in some cases, doctors, heads of organizations and things like that. For some people, I'm finally old enough to play those roles. We see men playing them when they're a little bit younger, and also in roles that call for some form of conflict and violence, either generating it or trying to curtail it. Women don't seem to be a big part of those common and often used movie themes.”
“Being an Olympian is the ultimate test of one's sporting ability.”
“Being an Olympian, I always have this strong belief in excellence.”
“Being an Olympic Medalist was a team effort. So I am honored to be a part of CBS Sports' WE NEED TO TALK cast of iconic women. Being part of a show with some of my broadcasting and sports idols is an honor.”
“Being an Olympic runner and now a mommy, it is so important to me to help my children learn early on how to be active and stay healthy.”
“Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.”
Source: Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels
“Being an only child is a disease in itself.”
“Being an only child, I didn't have any other family but my mom and dad really, since the rest of my family lived quite far away from London.”
“Being an open and vulnerable doesn't mean you are weak..”
“Being an opener is all about warming up the audience for the main band. That is always fun, pretty easy; there isn't a lot of pressure.”
“Being an opener is easy because fans aren't expecting anything. However, when you go up there and blow their minds and they flip out that is such an unbelievable feeling, so you want to make sure you bring your everything, every single night to ensure that happens.”
“Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count.”
“Being an ordinary scientist and an ordinary Christian seems perfectly natural to me. It is also perfectly natural for the many scientists I know who are also people of deep religious faith.”
“Being an orphan seemed like tragedy. But sometimes… it’s its own kind of gift. Every moment is an open ending.”
Source: KÖK TÖBE: A Novel of Memory, Survival, and Hope
“Being an outsider doesn't necessarily indicate any sort of social failing. We do not view a tuba player as musically challenged if he cannot play the violin.”
Source: The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School
“Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common.”
“Being an outsider means not being heard, not having a voice. It means being treated as a second-class citizen, being diminished in the eyes of others. We have all felt this way at one time or another, but some feel it more consistently. Unfortunately, our schools often do not embrace the talents of many of their occupants.”
“Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Being an owner has nothing to do with whose name is on the deed. An owner mentality is vital to success. Fire employees! Hire owners!”
“Being an ugly woman is like being a man. You're gonna have to work. Yep.”
“Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.”
“Being an umpire wasn't such a tough job. You really have to understand only two things and that's maintaing discipline and knowing the rule book.”
“Being an underdog is my lucky charm”
“Being an unpublished novelist has about as much social acceptability as being a shopping bag lady.”
“Being and having in our society teaches us how to take possession of things, when it should rather initiate us in the art of letting go. For there is neither freedom nor real life without an apprenticeship in letting go.”
“Being and living in love is a constant choice to be in the highest version of yourself.”
Source: Learning To Love: And The Power of Sacred Sexual Spiritual Partnerships
“Being and not being are not two different realities, but two different aspects of the same reality.”
“Being and stability are regarded by our contemporaries as akin to death; they cannot live unless they act, fret, or distract themselves with this or that. Their spirit (provided we can still talk about a spirit in their case) feeds only on sensations and on dynamism, thus becoming the vehicle for the incarnation of darker forces.”
“Being and Time begins by quoting a great philosophical authority not for his knowledge but for his perplexity, then tells us that we don’t understand the question, and demonstrates this by giving us the answer which means nothing to us at this point.”
Source: Heidegger: Thinking of Being
“Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal nor can the latter - time - be addressed as a being.”
Source: On Time and Being
“Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.”