B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being the survivor stinks.”
“Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.”
“Being the World’s Most Powerful Leader is Easier Than You Think
One of my first executive orders was to impose a moratorium on any new federal government hiring. That got the “Incredible Shrinking Government” meal simmering. Veto stamps branded into any Congressional salary increase proposal added a certain singed aroma.”
Source: The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]
“Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence.”
“Being the youngest, I constantly have that insecurity of being the youngest, which ultimately is probably my drive. in a lot of ways. In terms of as an artist, the way we could communicate as a family very clearly was through movies and through acting, and when things became complicated with all of our own personalities, that's where we are most clear. I think that's also where we are most brutal with each other as well.”
“Being the “best you can be” is really only possible when you are deeply connected to another. Splendid isolation is for planets, not people.”
“Being there every week for my teammates is really important to me. It's about accountability. I hear stuff about the 'toughest quarterback in the league' and all that; what's that mean?”
“Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.”
“Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't.”
“Being thin is not more important than enjoying life”
“Being this close to him was like sitting under a hotness heat lamp. In the desert. At high noon.”
Source: Enemies on Tap
“Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my heart, happy with my life, and OK with whatever bumps in the road present themselves.”
“Being thoughtful can be both an internal practice and an external one. Internally, being thoughtful includes behaviors like careful consideration, thinking before speaking, and weighing your options. Externally, being thoughtful means you think about others, and their wants and needs, when acting. It’s this care and consideration that can show up in your daily life and your everyday behavior when you are Thoughtfully Fit.”
Source: Thoughtfully Fit: Your Training Plan for Life and Business Success
“Being thoughtful uses the energy that one would have used cleaning up the mess they were certain to have made by not being thoughtful.”
“Being threatened seems to being out the worst in me.”
“Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.”
“Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony.”
“Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of our hands, this race of plants, deserving boundless affection and admiration from us, becomes, in proportion to their obtaining it, a nearly perfect test of our being in right temper of mind and way of life; so that no one can be far wrong in either who loves trees enough, and everyone is assuredly wrong in both who does not love them, if his life has brought them in his way.”
Source: Pt. 6-9 of leaf beauty. of cloud beauty. of ideas of relation
“Being thy servant, O Mary, is a surety of salvation God grants solely to those He will save.”
“Being Tigerstar's son has meant I've had to win the trust of every ThunderClan cat over and over. So I know how frustrating it is when you have to prove something that shouldn't need proving.”
“Being tiny has been difficult for me in a business that regarded physicality as the most important part of your life.”
“Being tired is better than being broke, so make sure you do your best and leave to God the rest!”
“Being tired is pleasant when you think what has tired you was worth the portion of your life.”
“Being tired isn't the same as being rich, but most times it's close enough.”
“Being tired of all illusions and of everything about illusions – the loss of illusions, the uselessness of having them, the prefatigue of having to have them in order to lose them, the sadness of having had them, the intellectual shame of having had them knowing that they would have to end this way.”
“being together was as easy and natural as being alone, without any of the loneliness”
Source: People We Meet on Vacation
“Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.”
Source: Forbidden
“Being told about the effects of climate change is an appeal to our reason and to our desire to bring about change. But to see that Africans are the hardest hit by climate change, even though they generate almost no greenhouse gas, is a glaring injustice, which also triggers anger and outrage over those who seek to ignore it.”
“Being told by way of aggravation, that he had eaten half a dozen plumbs, Nay truly, sister, (answers he simply to her) I have eaten half a score. So perfect an enemy was he to a lie, that he had rather accuse himself of another fault, than be suspected to be guilty of that.”
“Being told that we’re ‘stuck in the past’ is a product of those who confuse the need to learn from the past in order to enhance the future, from being stuck in the past in a way that inhibits the future. And those that actually inhibit the future are the people who can’t tell the difference between the two.”
“Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.”
“Being told that you have not changed is not always a compliment.”
“Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Being tolerant does not mean acquiescing to the intolerable; it does not mean covering up disrespect; it does not mean coddling the aggressor or disguising aggression. Tolerance is the virtue that teaches us to live with the different. It teaches us to learn from and respect the different.”
“Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.”
Source: The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
“Being 'too busy' is just their polite way of saying you are not their priority.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Being too careful can be more destructive than being utterly careless.”
“Being too cold is just as bad as being too hot.”
Source: In Limbo
“Being too consumed in fear all the time will result in poor quality of life”
“Being too cool for school was Jace's thing.”
Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
“Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.”
“Being too handsome can also be a curse. Because all the girls will feel like they are not worthy of having you under their wing.”
“Being too happy is bad for you. 8 on 1 10-scale is just right. Eg. cancer patients are more likely to survive if they're at an 8 instead of 9 or 10.”
“Being too nice won’t make people love you more. It will only make them expect more from you.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“Being too preoccupied with how a gathering is taking shape, and making obvious attempts to take personal responsibility for the smooth running of an event, will diminish the flame at the heart of hygge.”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“Being too thin isn't particularly desirable here. Women eat.”
Source: The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
“Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.”
“Being totally inclusive is essential for the outcome to possess any true value”
“Being totally open with your feelings can make everything difficult. However, in front of the person I love, I feel it is absolutely necessary to be honest and open. I belong to the type who will open up about everything.”
“Being touched and caressed, being massaged, is food for the infant; food as necessary as minerals, vitamins, and proteins. Deprived of this food, the name of which is love, Babies would rather die. And often they do.”