Quotes of: Being-lied-to Keyword

Being polite does not mean being mummified.

Judith Martin

I love being objected to. It worries me, but I love being objected to.

Stan Brakhage

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.

Will Smith

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

In the City of Shy Hunters

The most important commitment you will ever make is to being the best you can be.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

Although happiness is a state of being, it usually still requires some doing if it is to be lasting in your life.

The Happiness Code: Ten keys to being the best you can be

People being nice for no apparent reason always made me suspicious. People being nice to with no apparent reason made me even more suspicious.

Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie

Listen, Bruce Lee fought out of anger. That's why they call it the 'Fists of Fury.' Michael Jackson danced with fury. I do stand up out of fury. I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not mad at any human being because I'm a human being.

Tracy Morgan

The time is ripe for our measurement system to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being. And measures of well-being should be put in a context of sustainability.

The Happiness Manifesto

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

I am an Emotional Creature

Lordship and rapport are the keys to save us from being combative and make us more attractive in spiritual conversations.

Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them Without Being a Jerk

For us the question is, has the marriage to do with well-being or with salvation? Is it a soteriological institution or a welfare institution?Is marriage, this opus contra natura a path to individuation or a way to well-being?

Matrimonio: Vivi o morti

As an artist, I’m aspiring for a Triple George—being compared to George Orwell, George Carlin, and Curious George.

The Merits of Marthaism, and How Being Named Susan Can Benefit You

I love being in love, but I also love other things, like not being jealous, overly sensitive, or needy. 

Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

Sometimes we make being happy so difficult. And being thankful such a chore.

The Legacy Letters: His Wife, His Children, His Final Gift

The human beings also passed canteens, which guards would fill with water. When food came in, the human beings were quiet and trusting and beautiful. They shared.

Slaughterhouse-Five

The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection of a pre-existing truth, but, like art, the act of bringing truth into being.

Phenomenology of Perception

When the pain of being the same becomes greater than the pain of being different, you change.

Why Is God Laughing?: The Path to Joy and Spiritual Optimism

All my failures as a human being I blame on my father. Life is about accepting responsibility, and it’s time my father started being held accountable for my deficiencies.

Xazaqazax

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman; you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someon...

Brigitte Nielsen

Actually, acting turned out to be the perfect job for me, because I had a lot of different interests. I thought about being a priest at one point. I thought about being a teacher. I thought about being a lawyer. But I think acting is probably the bes...

John C. Reilly