Quotes about Being thought of

I hate being thought of as a product. Votes: 4

I didn't mind being thought of as dumb. I knew I wasn't. Votes: 3

I'm tired of being thought of as Miss Goody Two-Shoes... the girl next door, Miss Happy-Go-Lucky. Votes: 3

I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas. Votes: 3

Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny. Votes: 3

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of. Votes: 3

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive. Votes: 3

This may sound pretentious, but I don't like being thought of as 'the Metal Gear guy.' There's a lot more I can do. Votes: 3

I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter? Votes: 3

Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it. Votes: 3

I'm fine with being thought of as a guitar player, and if I can get any recognition or respect for doing that, that's a pretty good thing for me. Votes: 3

I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then. Votes: 3

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory. Votes: 3

I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music. Votes: 3

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as writers rather than ghettoised as crime writers, but I love being thought of firmly as a crime writer. Votes: 3

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game. Votes: 3

I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way. Votes: 3

If you have compassion and are imbued with the spirit of the Way, it is of no consequence to be criticized, even reviled, by the ignorant. But if you lack the spirit of the Way, you should be wary of being thought of by others as having the Way. Votes: 3

I never thought of being disadvantaged. Votes: 2

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. Votes: 2

I have never thought of my life as being an enigma. Votes: 2

I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens. Votes: 2

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. Votes: 2

Most men are petrified of standing out in any way or being thought superficial. Votes: 2

I've always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business. Votes: 2

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. Votes: 2

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. Votes: 2

I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next. Votes: 2

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job. Votes: 2

I was in the army, and I had given up the thought of being a composer. Votes: 2

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated. Votes: 2

People have always thought of me as being something, but I'm just a human being like everyone else. Votes: 2

I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people. Votes: 2

The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor. Votes: 2

Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage. Votes: 2

I always thought of myself as a moderate liberal, a fighter for peace and justice. I never thought of myself as being all that far out. Votes: 2

Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself through it. Votes: 2

I never thought about being famous. Votes: 0

I never thought about being an actor. Votes: 0

Being must be felt. It can't be thought. Votes: 0

There are worse things than being thought a Republican. Votes: 0

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was. Votes: 0

Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food. Votes: 0

My mother thought me being gay was a death sentence. Votes: 0

I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny Votes: 0

I never thought I was funny, but I enjoy being funny. Votes: 0

I thought I was being loved because I was being altered. Votes: 0

There are three stages: Thoughtless being. Thought. Return to thoughtless being. Votes: 0

Maybe that's what love is, I thought: it's being pissed off. Votes: 0

I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous. Votes: 0

Which of us can resist the temptation of being thought indispensable? Votes: 0

I hate the thought of animals being killed just for our pleasure Votes: 0

I thought we were celebrating being richer and cleverer than everyone else! Votes: 0

I'd always thought I was above being fascinated by anyone but myself. Votes: 0

I don't think I'm predominantly thought of as being a comedic actor. Votes: 0

When thought races ahead of Being, a civilization is racing towards destruction. Votes: 0

I had thought I would hate being First Lady... I loved it. Votes: 0

No one thought up being. He who thinks he has, step forward. Votes: 0

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today. Votes: 0

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today Votes: 0

I liked the idea of being an actress, but thought better of it. Votes: 0

No thought, no mind, no choice "” just being silent, rooted in yourself. Votes: 0

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly! Votes: 0

I never thought of doing anything but comics, except maybe being a pilot. Votes: 0

I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1. Votes: 0

I thought of the character being real, a living person, not a drawing. Votes: 0

I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong. Votes: 0

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York. Votes: 0

He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free. Votes: 0

Epicurus thought of justice as an agreement to prevent people harming and being harmed. Votes: 0

The thought of you being removed from the rotation is not funny to me. Votes: 0

And feeling clever, I've always thought, is just a sigh away from being cheerful. Votes: 0

I thought of God as being able to talk big and write *very* small. Votes: 0

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being. Votes: 0

You little fool. You thought you could defeat the most powerful being on Earth. Votes: 0

This being 1962, no one thought it odd to have a mime program on radio. Votes: 0

Being remembered, and remembered so kindly, touched him more than he would have thought possible. Votes: 0

The thought of being nothing after death is a burden insupportable to a virtuous man. Votes: 0

The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door. Votes: 0

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable. Votes: 0

What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being. Votes: 0

That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better. Votes: 0

A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man. Votes: 0

It's important to have the diversity of thought and approach that comes with being a woman. Votes: 0

The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim. Votes: 0

Thought began to take over and obscured the simple yet profound joy of connectedness with being. Votes: 0

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free. Votes: 0

Keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort or intention to meditate... not following the thought stream... Votes: 0

I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist. Votes: 0

The thought of being completely dependent disturbs people till the moment their eyes are opened to reality. Votes: 0

People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust. Votes: 0

I was never a girl who thought about getting married. Being in a relationship wasn't my priority. Votes: 0

I love flowers for being flowers, directly.And I love trees for being trees without my thought. Votes: 0

If I thought someone was just chatting me up because of being on TV, it'd kill me. Votes: 0

I thought being an adult meant knowing what you believe, but that has not been my experience. Votes: 0

When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't. Votes: 0

Indeed, a man is rather being thought than thinking, when a new thought arises in his mind. Votes: 0

How often the rich like to play at being poor. A rather nasty game, I've always thought. Votes: 0

I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus. Votes: 0

I have always thought that being a good American is appreciating the world, not just your own country. Votes: 0

I thought being vegan was going to be some really horrible way of life that had no flavor. Votes: 0

Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate. Votes: 0

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. Votes: 0

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current. Votes: 0

Developing your unique thought to the level of being appreciated and adopted by the world - that's genius. Votes: 0

Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures. Votes: 0

I think, if you were being cruel to animals, then the thought of eating them would be horrific. Votes: 0

Jonathan sighed. The price of being misunderstood, he thought. They call you devil or they call you god. Votes: 0

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. I always felt like an outsider. Votes: 0

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress]. Votes: 0

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something. Votes: 0

[Gardening] is a means by which you can attain many valuable hours of solitude without being thought unsociable. Votes: 0

A lot of actresses will just go, "I'm 35." And I thought, " I'm not doing that." I like being 40. Votes: 0

For me, being tall was very positive because I thought my mom was the most beautiful person ever. Votes: 0

He loved that she made him something he never thought he'd been capable of being. Someone who stayed. Votes: 0

I was actually worried about David Ross safety being in Cleveland. I thought I had to be a bodyguard. Votes: 0

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury. Votes: 0

I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture. Votes: 0

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. Votes: 0

That was courage, Keller thought. Not doing something without being afraid, but doing something even though you were afraid. Votes: 0

Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry. Votes: 0

Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better. Votes: 0

All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part. Votes: 0

God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being. Votes: 0

The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances. Votes: 0

I love kids, so two things that I have thought about are being a pediatrician or a kindergarten teacher. Votes: 0

I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled. Votes: 0

Normal! He thought. Normal! I don't want things to be normal. Normal is always being left out, never belonging. Votes: 0

I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would. Votes: 0

How happy can you be when you think every action and thought is being monitored by a judgmental ghost ? Votes: 0

I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President. Votes: 0

He had always thought that death was black nothingness, but he had not counted on being awake for it. Votes: 0

The thought of being with Shay Wilder makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a butter knife Votes: 0

A picture is not thought out and settled beforehand. While it is being done it changes as one's thoughts change. Votes: 0

A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power. Votes: 0

I thought that being king meant I didn't have to kill people myself. I see know that was another misconception. Votes: 0

There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road. Votes: 0

Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn't seem like such a great prospect. Votes: 0

Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being. Votes: 0

I don't mind being regarded as perverted and unnatural, but I would die if people thought I was a Democrat. Votes: 0

Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being. Votes: 0

I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor. Votes: 0

I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream? Votes: 0

We are Not Our thought , return to being in You and enjoy the Love that shared by the God(infinity). Votes: 0

Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! Votes: 0

The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous. Votes: 0

As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying. Votes: 0

As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying. Votes: 0

How could passion run so deep Had I never thought That the crime of being born Blackens all our lot? Votes: 0

I always thought of indie-rock as being rock music by bands that were on independent labels, and that's a great thing. Votes: 0

I've no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I'd rather go down as one who is thought disposing. Votes: 0

Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. Votes: 0

Number, place, and combination . . . the three intersecting but distinct spheres of thought to which all mathematical ideas admit of being referred. Votes: 0

I always thought that being at Time and tweaking your bosses and exploiting your expense account was just fun. Just joyous. Votes: 0

In wheelchair sports, people thought athletes with disabilities were courageous and inspirational. They never give them credit for simply being competitive. Votes: 0

Or maybe, he thought, returning to the boxes, it was part of being Catholic--you were made to feel guilty about everything Votes: 0

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it. Votes: 0

I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time. Votes: 0

When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser. Votes: 0

When I was 15 and dreaming about being a rock star... I thought the whole point of it was to get chicks. Votes: 0

But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him; the horror was that he might also be wrong. Votes: 0

Maybe I was naive, but I thought the whole point of being an MP was to scrutinise legislation and improve it. Votes: 0

...I gave up on being a journalist - I thought having a point of view was more important than being objective. Votes: 0

A garden is a human creation. It has to be thought of first, wished into being, planned for like a child. Votes: 0

I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God. Votes: 0

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be. Votes: 0

I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them. Votes: 0

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be. Votes: 0

I have always thought that if you can give viewers the sense of being there a story can be very compelling. Votes: 0

When my wife and I got married, she thought of me being an easygoing person, and I warned her I wasn't. Votes: 0

We need to give thought, but we also need to take action. You need to dream without just being a dreamer. Votes: 0

When you're 18, you're just so busy being scared and having fun - a crazy mixture - that you never thought of dying. Votes: 0

I thought nothing would ever happen for me. My whole life had been geared toward being a singer, and it wasn't clicking. Votes: 0

Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel. Votes: 0

Although we think that we think, most of the time we are being thought by the collective mind, the hypnosis of conditioning. Votes: 0

I fell in love with traveling and thought being a photographer would be an interesting way to travel and make a living. Votes: 0

I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer. Votes: 0

For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes. Votes: 0

The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick. Votes: 0

How do you become a thought leader? It starts with *being* a thought leader and then connecting the dots back to you. Votes: 0

I had never thought about being a professional fighter but meeting Pat [ Militich ] and the guys just pushed me in that direction. Votes: 0

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. Votes: 0

I love to communicate, and I love music. That's why I always thought not being able to hear would be a tragedy. Votes: 0

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on. Votes: 0

There's a huge difference between being in love and being in love with the thought of love. Recognize the difference. Never settle. Votes: 0

I never thought about movies. I never thought about Hollywood. It was just being on the stage and being in New York. Votes: 0

My heart raced. He needs you, I thought. Don't let him down. I couldn't remember ever being so happy... or so scared. Votes: 0

Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements. Votes: 0

I just suddenly thought, people really get off on being scared. They pay money to see green foam come out of people's mouths. Votes: 0

I remember being really grateful that David Lynch had actually even thought of casting me, because I was a huge fan of his. Votes: 0

Sometimes Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn't come with agony. Votes: 0

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway. Votes: 0

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution. Votes: 0

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action. Votes: 0

I love being directed. Because it's another thought, it's another fresh idea. You're so grateful for an original idea that you haven't had. Votes: 0

I have such respect for women who go through pregnancy multiple times. I thought it was beautiful being pregnant. The aftermath is brutal. Votes: 0

It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself. Votes: 0

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home. Votes: 0

You're being remanded into Gourish custody"dead. (a Partini) "˜Cause let's face it, dead was just easier. Or so they thought.' (Syn) Votes: 0

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. Votes: 0

Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about? Votes: 0

I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought. Votes: 0

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man, or any of that. I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

It is a terrifying as well as hopeful truth that we tend to bring into being in form whatever we fashion in thought. Votes: 0

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor. Votes: 0

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd. Votes: 0

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. Votes: 0

There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind Votes: 0

So I thought if I stopped being so, you know, wounded, we could take a shot at just being friends. - Peeta Mellark Votes: 0

I always thought of myself as being part of a family and sharing and, yes, leading, but not forcing people to do anything. Votes: 0

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. Votes: 0

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove. Votes: 0

Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. Votes: 0

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove. Votes: 0

In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being. Votes: 0

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. Votes: 0

I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them. Votes: 0

My mother once told me she thought hell would be nothing more than being given a glimpse of God--then having it taken away, forever. Votes: 0

He thought of how calm he was. His calm was so perfect that he could not destroy it even by being conscious of it. Votes: 0

I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible. Votes: 0

I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment. Votes: 0

There isn't a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God. Votes: 0

To the self-righteous, being judged according to deeds does not seem too alarming but to the man who knows himself the thought is terrifying. Votes: 0

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. Votes: 0

I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito. Votes: 0

The thought of being whoever I want is a terrifying thing, because I have only ever been who everyone has wanted me to be. Votes: 0

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person. Votes: 0

In truth, I was so good at being a man, with such plenitude and simplicity, that I thought I was something of a superman. Votes: 0

And her work! Oh, the thought of being deprived of that! With only his love in return, his love and his amiable domestic tyranny! Votes: 0

Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rainforests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases? Votes: 0

I never thought that my creation, would allow brothers to kill brothers. (after seeing his invention being used in war, The Airplane) Alberto Santos-Dumont Votes: 0

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics. Votes: 0

I had dreamed about being a college coach for a long time, but with no education, I never thought I would get a chance. Votes: 0

Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill and dangerously well." Votes: 0

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art. Votes: 0

No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope. Votes: 0

Yet some say Love by being thrall And simply staying possesses all In several beauty that Thought fares far To find fused in another star. Votes: 0

I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight. Votes: 0

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar. Votes: 0

I always thought being a gamer and someone who had a sense of responsibility to the game and to my teammates was the honorable thing. Votes: 0

You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage but He is building a palace. He intends to come & live in it Himself Votes: 0

Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great. Votes: 0

I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical. Votes: 0

I was doing what I thought I had to do. There was romance in the idea of being married. It was just the wrong reasons. Votes: 0

I thought that being popular in school was just so pathetic. I knew I had a future over and beyond the horizon of that school. Votes: 0

I never thought of myself as being limited to fashion. I'm a designer, and if you have a vision, you can apply that to anything. Votes: 0

The greatest advantage I know of being thought a wit by the world is, that it gives one the greater freedom of playing the fool. Votes: 0

We thought of wine as something as healthy and normal as food and also as a great giver of happiness and well being and delight. Votes: 0

I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal. Votes: 0

I thought being on stage was an amazing feeling, but there is nothing that can top watching my wife bring our son into this world. Votes: 0

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down. Votes: 0

I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole. Votes: 0

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down. Votes: 0

I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times. Votes: 0

Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought. Votes: 0

I love being a writer. I am very lucky my life's ambition turned out to be just as much fun as I thought it would be. Votes: 0

When you thank something negative for happening, or thank a negative thought for being there, you've just negated the negative and turned it into positive energy!" Votes: 0

There was such a thing as women's work and it consisted chiefly, Hilary sometimes thought, in being able to stand constant interruption and keep your temper. . . . Votes: 0

Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled. Votes: 0

Until 1954, I'd only ever thought of being a painter, but I earned my money when and where I could. You could say I drifted into writing. Votes: 0

I never thought I'd play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special. Votes: 0

She couldn't avoid being serious about things she cared for, and happiness made her grave at the thought of all the things which might destroy it. Votes: 0

I never thought about being the highest paid. I just wanted to be someone that people cared about watching, and I feel I'm a good actor. Votes: 0

I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business, is really more accurate. Votes: 0

My dad was actually against me being a photographer. He thought it was a dead-end job and that you end up doing baby pictures and weddings. Votes: 0

Although even when I am being idle I have plenty of food for thought both early and late - thoughts both about and not about art. Votes: 0

Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We'll take turns being on the bottom. Votes: 0

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic. Votes: 0

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help. Votes: 0

Usually a fiber, after being dipped in a liquid, shows a string of droplets, and thus, for some time, people thought that most common fibers were non-wettable. Votes: 0

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought. Votes: 0

I think that [Eddie Murphy's famous "White Like Me"] is probably the first time I thought, "Oh. Being black is different. That is a totally different experience." Votes: 0

The problem with being a modern woman, I thought, as the front door swung wide, is that you have to pretend to be stronger than you are. Votes: 0

I've always loved to write, and I kept a diary of what I thought about my business, being an entrepreneur and other things of interest to me. Votes: 0

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be. Votes: 0

I remember being very young and going to AA meetings with my father in Brooklyn. I thought it was fun because they served hot chocolate and cookies. Votes: 0

The slave child had no thought for the morrow; but there came that blight, which too surely waits on every human being born to be a chattel. Votes: 0

You are a dynamic being of Light that at each moment informs the energy that flows through you. You do this with each thought, with each intention. Votes: 0

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance. Votes: 0

I suppose I really seemed mad, then; but it was only through the awfulness of having said nothing but the truth, and being thought to be deluded. Votes: 0

For every thought supported by feeling, there is a muscle change. Primary muscle patterns being the biological heritage of man, man's whole body records his emotional thinking. Votes: 0

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture. Votes: 0

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought. Votes: 0

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality? Votes: 0

But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable. Damn them all. Votes: 0

The truth of no truths becomes, inevitably, truth: a way of naming being, language, and culture that guards the boundaries of thought against claims it has not validated. Votes: 0

Antidepressants. The thought of this girl actually being depressed made me want to grab the whole planet and throw it into the sun. Well, more than usual anyway. Votes: 0

I never thought that sex was wrong, sinful, dirty. When you take away the thought of things being dirty or forbidden, then you can really enjoy your sensuality. Votes: 0

News-hunters have great leisure, with little thought; much petty ambition to be considered intelligent, without any other pretension than being able to communicate what they have just learned. Votes: 0

From Mr. [Donald] Trump's perspective, right, he simply heard [Vladimir] Putin compliment him. He then responded by complimenting him. He never thought that he might be being played. Votes: 0

When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try. Votes: 0

I have always thought that what is needed is the development of people who are interested not in being leaders as much as in developing leadership in others. Votes: 0

A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little. Votes: 0

Of course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me I was disqualified. Votes: 0

I thought twenty was pretty scary, like, not being able to call myself a teenager anymore, and feeling like an adult - that kind of made me nervous. Votes: 0

Ah,' thought the king sadly, shrugging his shoulders, "I see clearly that if one has a crazy wife, one cannot avoid being a fool.'("Queen Fantasque") Votes: 0

Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out. Votes: 0

I was never one who was squeamish about nudity. I don't believe in being promiscuous about it, but several times I thought of going to a nudist colony. Votes: 0

When I was in college, I thought about becoming an attorney. But I wasn't smart enough; I hate being cooped up indoors; and I'm too nice a guy. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. Votes: 0

Growing up in America, I never really appreciated my culture. I knew what being Hispanic was, but I thought that since I didn't look Hispanic, I was white. Votes: 0

It's interesting - I always thought when I was doing more melodramatic stuff like 'Everwood' that the directors were constantly reeling me in and stopping me from being funny. Votes: 0

Since being a prisoner was a definite improvement over being dead, which was what she thought was going to happen when the Loundergs had attacked, Suzy was quite cheerful. Votes: 0

My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarden, I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, help to dispel darkness, ignorance and stupidity. Votes: 0

Thoughts are strange things. they have 'representational' powers: a thought typically represents the world as being one way or another. A sensation, by contrast, seems to just sit there. Votes: 0

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man. Votes: 0

[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She thought all artists little better than lunatics. Votes: 0

I don't ever remember being able to debate with my parents. Even though I thought of myself as a very bright kid, I couldn't be vocal in that way. Votes: 0

She thought that after what she had been through during the invasion she would stop being petty and grow up, grow wise and strong, but she had overestimated herself" Votes: 0

If you have superpowers and no one can actually cause you any physical harm, then everything has to be very thought-through. You almost have to fake at being human. Votes: 0

Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down. Votes: 0

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring. Votes: 0

Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle. Votes: 0

I ended up becoming so self-conscious that my songs stopped being about my life and started being about what people thought of my music. And that was really bad. Votes: 0

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water. Votes: 0

You cannot deny that love lasts for only a brief moment, uniting two beings as a single being that is capable of only one thought, one sensation, one will. Votes: 0

Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS. Votes: 0

I never thought in a million years I'd be that healthy girl who wakes up every morning to exercise. After being called 'cherubic and chubby,' I'm rocking a bikini! Votes: 0

Being thought of as sexy makes one employable, but it's not going to last forever, so I try not to think about it. It's like something that exists outside of me. Votes: 0

Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor. Votes: 0

I am far more provoked at being thought foolish by foolish people, than pleased at being thought sensible by sensible people; and the average proportion of the numbers of each is not to my advantage. Votes: 0