- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing more amusing than when two people known for being non-objective argue over objectivity. This is the summation of Keith Olbermann vs. Ted Koppell.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wouldn't recommend being a musician to anyone. It's not glamorous. It's a lot of being dirty, not eating, playing for five people and one of them is the bartender.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.
- Knew
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.
- Recognized
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm shocked at being recognized.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
What was interesting was talking to older gay men about what it was like being gay in the Eighties.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020