Being There Quotations

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Within the human being there exists both the needful and the needed. You know that the needful exists in you. Your own dissatisfaction tells you so. But you believe the needed is somewhere outside of you.

I seem to be able to get along with anybody when I work because I really enjoy being there.

Inside every human being there are treasures to unlock.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept.

New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.

I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

Nothing is demonstrable, unless the contrary implies a contradiction. Nothing, that is distinctly conceivable, implies a contradiction. Whatever we conceive as existent, we can also conceive as non-existent. There is no being, therefore, whose non-existence implies a contradiction. Consequently there is no being, whose existence is demonstrable.

Work harder than everybody. You're not going to get it by whining, and you're not going to get it by shouting, and you're not going to get it by quitting. You're going to get it by being there.

Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself and others, objects adequate to infinite endeavor.

I see that within each human being there are two extremes: there's the loving, the passionate, altruistic side that has evolved with us, and then there's the violent, brutal side that has evolved with us. The question for each individual is: which side is going to come out on top?

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

You cant get very far in this world without your dossier being there first.

Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.

One of the few luxuries left is travel, and the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

In general, I always make it my mission to focus on the one person in the audience who seems to be absolutely miserable about being there and try to convert them.

I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.

Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It's weird.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

Imagine the amazing good fortune of the generation that gets to see the end of the world. This is as marvelous as being there in the beginning.

Even the good can become careless without the Lord's being there to chasten.

A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.

That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.

The more that I work with people that I don't know, the more I invite somebody in who's potentially going to really hate being there.

Now my fans are older and they understand how to appreciate me the same way I appreciate them for being there for me.

Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.

Never stop supporting music because it will never stop being there for you when you need it.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love. I now allow this love to flow to the surface.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them. Peace is a question of will.

If what you write is true, it will not be so because of what you are as a writer but because of what you are as a being. There can be no literary equivalent to truth.

I enjoy co-directing or even being there just for support because you get to see your script come to aural life in front of you.

There are too many possibilities, if you can't die. If you're playing a normal human being, there's always that.

Love is people telling you when you do something wrong and being there to celebrate when you do something right!

No gift can ever replace the value of being there in person.

Between pigs and human beings there was not and there need not be any clash of interest whatsoever.

In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates. You being there was certificate enough.