Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk, a crazy or a human being in distress. The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling. - Ben Aaronovitch All I care to know about a man is that he is a human being... he can't be any worse. - Mark Twain Human beings can be awful cruel to one another. - Mark Twain There are things which some people never attempt during their whole lives, but one of these is not poetry. Poetry attacks all human beings sooner or later, and, like the measles, is mild or violent according to the age of the sufferer. - Mark Twain I am quite sure... I have no race prejudice, and I think I have no color prejudices, nor caste prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All I care to know is that a man is a human bei...

In demonstrating that humans behave with justice, tolerance, reason, love toward other forms of life, we are doing no more than demanding that humans be human -- that is, be true to the best aspects of human nature. Humans being human, therefore, cannot consider themselves morally superior to, say, bears being bear-like, eagles being eagle-like, etc. - Edward Abbey Being human means having doubts and yet still continuing on your path. - Paulo Coelho Now that mine is almost over, I can say that the one thing that struck me most about life is the capacity for change. One day you're a person and the next day they tell you you're a dog. At first it's hard to bear, but after a while you learn not to look at it as a loss. There's even a moment when it becomes exhilarating to realize just how little needs to stay the same for you to continue the effort they call, for lack of a better word, being human. - Nicole Krauss Is it a war we are fighting, a war against health, agai...

Forgive yourself for being a human creature, Ramezay. That is the beginning of wisdom; that is part of what is meant by the fear of God; and for you it is the only way to save your sanity. Begin now, or you will end up with your saint in the madhouse. - Robertson Davies Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead. - Kurt Vonnegut She lay down beside me, Towards dawn she pronounced for the first time the word "death." She too seemed to be weary beyond endurance of the task of being a human being; and when I reflected on my dread of the world and its bothersomeness, on money, the movement, women, my studies, it seemed impossible that I could go on living. I consented easily to her proposal. - Osamu Dazai I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being. - Cameron Diaz My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is bei...

not so much looking for the shape as being available to any shape that may be summoning itself through me from the self not mine but ours. - A R Ammons The moment you become miserly you are closed to the basic phenomenon of life: expansion, sharing. The moment you start clinging to things, you have missed the target--you have missed. Because things are not the target, you, your innermost being, is the target--not a beautiful house, but a beautiful you; not much money, but a rich you; not many things, but an open being, available to millions of things. - Osho I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available. - Vanessa Williams

The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling. - Mark Twain [How can everyone help bring peace to the world?] By not being ashamed of who they are and by acting according to their heart's desires. And by telling their stories. - Paulo Coelho But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love. - James Baldwin Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. - Benjamin Franklin I have spent a good many years since--to...

The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. - Henry David Thoreau Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius. - Ogwo David Emenike So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good. - Milos Forman

I don't care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart. - Josephine Angelini Boredom between two people doesn't come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually. - Richard Bach I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's smile turned smug. "Yeah, I'd have a roommate who could beat me at chess instead of the other way around." Ranulf never looked up from the chessboard. "I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory." "Keep dreaming," Vic called. - Claudia Gray I now know exactly why they started the tradition of being apart the night before your wedding. It's nothing about romance, or sex, or being chaste, or whatever. It's so you don't have a row and stomp up the aisle seething at your bridegroom, planning all the home truths you're going to tell him...

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing. - Ethan Embry Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing. - Ethan Embry I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider. - Lasse Hallstrom I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative. - Bill Hicks My theory is that everyone at one time or another has been at the fringe of society in some way: an outcast in high school, a stranger in a foreign country, the best at something, the worst at something, the one who's different. Being an outsider is the one thing we all have in common. - Alice Hoffman I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through. - Barry Unsworth I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an o...

Life is always a struggle between being part of a community and being an individual. - Sherman Alexie Well, life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community. - Sherman Alexie Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community. - Sherman Alexie Minority is about being an individual. It's like you have to sift through the darkness to find your place and be that individual you want to be your entire life. - Billie Joe Armstrong Without privacy there was no point in being an individual. - Jonathan Franzen To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'. - Joey Ramone

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. - Richard Branson Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold. - Gene Simmons

I love what I do and I love being an athlete, but I also love all the things that have come with it. - Maria Sharapova Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure. - Kristi Yamaguchi Being at school, being who I am, being an athlete, it was hard to find people like me. There's not many athletes that can be at my level. That was kind of hard finding people who love something so much they want to keep on doing it. - Sally Pearson I think being an athlete prepares you for more things than people give us credit for. - Eric Shanteau

You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. - Harry S Truman Being an American means never having to say you're sorry. - Kurt Vonnegut Look, if America - if being an American means anything, it means not having to lie under oath, not even for the president. - Linda Tripp It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe. - Henry James Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child. - Craig Ferguson It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century. - Pete Hamill Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local na...

Being a politician is a lot like being an alcoholic in denial. - Huntley Fitzpatrick Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender. - Carre Otis It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything. - Julie Walters

Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble.... This, her father would say, was called being an adult. - Sarah Addison Allen Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want. - Laurie Halse Anderson I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, welladult. That adults weren't cliquey or nasty, that the whole notion of being cool, or in, or popular would case to be the arbiter of all things social, but I was beginning to realize that the adult world was as nonsensically brutal and socially perilous as the kingdom of childhood. - Peter Cameron I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience. - John Green I don't know what I believe, Hazel. I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience. - John Green Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible. - John D Macdonald I kn...

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things. - Lauren Ambrose The only thing I like about being an actress is acting. - Elizabeth Ashley Outside of being an actress, I feel like being out is the biggest way that gay people can change perception. There are people that give millions of dollars to gay organizations but are closeted to their own families. - Jill Bennett But I've never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It's seen from the outside that we're being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it's not about that. - Juliette Binoche I believe that being an actress or being involved in a movie has to be a life experience, otherwise why go for it? I have to change me, and I have to learn things, and I have to push me and my limits. By acting, I find a freedom inside...

I wish we would all remember that being American is not just about the freedom we have; it is about those who gave it to us. - Mike Huckabee There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something. - Billy Joel That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative. - Payne Stewart Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man! - Jules Verne And part of being American is respecting all people's right to be whatever they want to be and at the same time respecting your own right to bitch about it, as long as you're educated and can reason your way through your bitching. - Sara Zarr

I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of "work," because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep. - Andy Warhol What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272. - Laurie Halse Anderson Living Memory I carry you with me into the world, into the smell of rain & the words that dance between people & for me, it will always be this way, walking in the light, remembering being alive together - Brian Andreas The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to ...