Quotes of: Being-used Keyword

Most of us really aren't horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put 'em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being ...

Herbert Simon

There is no use being alive if one must work. The event from which each of us is entitled to expect the revelation of his own life’s meaning - that event which I may not yet have found, but on whose path I seek myself - is not earned by work.

Andre Breton

Silence explains a lot of things. It tells us why people are who they not supposed to be. It's the fear of being afraid. It's because of their own safety. Sometimes it becomes an unexplainable feeling. It shows the insecureties, acceptation, love and...

Love

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it co...

Zaha Hadid

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and ...

Alice Walker

We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths that help us to realize the importance of compassion, which is not always regarded as...

A Short History of Myth

Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable?

The Penelopiad

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

Mira Nair

I'm used to being in creative environments where people throw out a lot of ideas.

Tim Armstrong

My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

Taylor Caldwell

Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.

Thérèse de Lisieux

Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I'm used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.

Theo Rossi

From being in the industry as a teenager, I'm so used to getting makeup done all day.

Lil' Kim

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

Lupita Nyong'o

You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Michael Gambon

I was just used to being in shape, and getting out of it was really difficult for me.

McKayla Maroney

Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

Marilyn vos Savant

If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.

James Surowiecki

If humanity is being swallowed by a modern primitivism, imagination might be the thing that saves us all.

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

Helena Bonham Carter