Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ernie Els

All in all, you know, it's very tough. Where it used to be kind of the most fun of all the majors, it's becoming the hardest one now. So it's going to take a bit of the excitement away, definitely.

J. C. Watts

The fiscal gap and the idea of Ontario becoming a have-not province are related, but not closely related,

Kurt Busch

You can still be a competitor and be well-rounded. You've got to have that edge on the track. It's just a matter of flipping a switch and becoming a good guy with your public image.

Henry B. Eyring

It is only with the companionship of the Holy Ghost that we can hope to be equally yoked in a marriage free from discord. I have seen how that companionship is crucial for felicity in a marriage. The miracle of becoming one requires the help of heaven, and it takes time.

John Rosemond

How do you prevent a little sociopath from becoming a big, full-blown sociopath? Sit on him.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

Louise Fresco

Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming increasingly sustainable, clean and efficient; and we are constantly becoming better at protecting biodiversity.

You'd have to be blind not to see more signs on people's front lawns this year. Speculative buyers are becoming more cautious and are willing to wait because they are not so fearful that they'll have to pay more next year.

Matthew Arnold

Life is not having and getting, but being and becoming

Plato

That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.

Paulo Freire

It's really not possible for someone to imagine himself/herself as a subject in the process of becoming without having at the same time a disposition for change. And change of which she/he is not merely the victim but the subject.

Max Levchin

We're becoming slaves to our social networks - and that's not a bad thing. You like your favorite networks, so do you friends, and pretty soon you have market winners.

The market held on despite Wall Street. I think investors are becoming increasingly confident and taking positions little by little.

The key is that Korean manufacturers are becoming much more stronger than five, ten years ago. Some of the Japanese companies believe that they were the leaders in the past and they should have some room to collect royalty or some benefits (from their patents).

John Waters

The ultimate irony is that I'm becoming part of the establishment,

The trick for him is becoming less flamboyant, succeeding at governing, but not losing what makes him special and different from other politicians.

These guys actually have some degree of sophistication as far as practicing their trade. They are becoming proficient in the use of their weapons.

This is my dream. Since I was a little girl, I have always been dreaming of becoming an Olympic champion. Today it came true.

Diane Abbott

This is a historically significant victory for women worldwide but for Jamaicans in particular. Portia has already made history, and looks set to consolidate her place in the history books of the future by becoming Jamaica's first female prime minister. She has proven herself to be a likeable and strong-willed woman. I am sure she will prove herself very worthy of this place in history and will serve as an inspiration for women the world over.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing.

Myrna Loy

Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

Myrna Loy

Life, is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming

John Wooden

Each of us has a huge capacity to learn and to achieve. Being ever alert makes the task of becoming all we are capable of becoming so much easier.

He's maturing. It's exciting to see. He's becoming more of a leader and he wants to win.

Bill Bradley

However, I have serious questions about our policy. We are escalating our commitment without establishing a clear exit strategy. As with Bosnia, we run the risk of becoming bogged down in a quagmire whose end we cannot predict or control,

However, we continue to look for better growth trends in the core (fleet management solutions) business. Full service leasing growth remains the key to the story and we are waiting for accelerating organic growth before becoming more constructive on (Ryder).

I can see a trend, executives want to save costs on business travel and connecting people virtually is becoming more affordable,

Jonathan Franzen

Nothing got inside the head without becoming pictures.

Jonathan Demme

I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it.

Jim Rohn

Getting and becoming are siamese twins. If you want more than you have, you have to become more than you are.

Jim Rohn

Success is something you attract, by becoming an attractive person.

John Crowley

Stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories.

John Ortberg

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.