I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.
The simple act of being completely attentive & present to another person is an act of love, and it fosters unshakeable well-being.
Sometimes you have to choose between being strong and being honest, if you want real answers.
The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.
I am not a human being enjoying a spiritual life, I am a spiritual being enjoying a human life.
A soul isn't given for free. The races of men fight each other to the death for the honor of being recognized as human beings, with souls.
The important thing about being a leader is not being right or wrong but being certain. Of course it helps to be right as well, the Abbot conceeded.
Love is being able to be yourself, with another human being who makes you want to be better than yourself.
Being broke didn't seem so awful as it had yesterday, being broke but being at peace with the world. ("Don't Wait Up For Me Tonight")
My daddy always said being brave wasn’t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were.
Because nothing between human beings is uncomplicated and there's no way to speak of human beings without simplifying and misrepresenting them.
I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet.
The problem here is with a human being, not with a monster, not with an animal. The human being does things that even the monster does not do, because the human is more sophisticated.
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.
I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.
When you have failed at being nice, you’ve actually succeeded in being mean. Success is everywhere if you know where to look for it.
'South Pacific' - I really learned a lot. I swear I like to say that during 'South Pacific,' I went from being a girl to being a woman.
I would be stupid not to be on my own side. But I'm a human being, too. And I'm on the side of human beings, rather than on the side of crocodiles.
Being general manager is like being the de facto owner. It's like wearing the crown of 'Restaurant Man' without being 'Restaurant Man.' You're trying to run the business, but you're running the ranch without riding the big horse.
I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.
I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money.
