Been Quotes

Yet Mr. Lyell will admit no greater paroxysms than we ourselves have witnessed-no periods of feverish spasmodic energy, during which the very framework of nature has been convulsed and torn asunder.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I’ve never been a jealous person, and I’ve never felt built up by someone else’s failure – that’s a cheap thrill.

My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.

It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.

If I’d gone straight to the NBA, I don’t think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

Every living thing tends toward the good or we would have been gone a long time ago

I’ve never been a manipulator, even in my bachelor days. I never wanted to do things to people that could catch up with me later on.

I’d always been fascinated by death, which sounds so morbid. Especially being a woman trying to make music, I think there’s a sense that you’re never young enough, or your career is going to end soon.

I’ve been so lucky to work with such great people: people that are such hard workers and have such a respect and appreciation for one another.