Top 25 Has Beens Quotes of 1136 - Page 30

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

Sheila Kaye-Smith

Childhood, Talkies, Has Beens

Sheila Kaye-Smith (1937). “Three Ways Home”

Everything I've done and everything I've gained in my life has been with my music.

Sharon Jones

Done, Has Beens

"Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 5, 2016.

I've never for a second felt like my job has been more of a struggle because I'm a woman.

Sharon Horgan

Jobs, Struggle, Has Beens

"This much I know". Interview With Laura Potter, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2009.

There have been times when you doubt yourself. You don't know if you're working on the right things.

Sergio Garcia

Doubt, Knows, Has Beens

A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time.

Serge Lutens

Long, Long Time, Has Beens

I always think everything has been the best part of my life.

Sean William Scott

Thinking, Has Beens

As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.

Sean Duffy

Belts, American Family, Has Beens

I have been blessed to be a blessing.

Scott Wesley Brown

Blessed, Blessing, Has Beens

I wouldn't necessarily have been making books about how to make comics if I'd really felt I knew how to make comics.

Scott McCloud

Book, Has Beens, Felt

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.

Scott McCloud

Thinking, Nonfiction, Has Beens

I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got.

Scarlett Thomas

Wonder, Has Beens, Ifs

Scarlett Thomas (2008). “The End Of Mr. Y”, p.103, Canongate Books

I'm an average citizen and always have been.

Sandy Adams

Average, Citizens, Has Beens

What motivates me is everything that I have been a small part of.

Sander Levin

Small Parts, Has Beens

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?

Samuel Richardson

Madmen, Has Beens

Samuel Richardson (1811). “Works”, p.319

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.

Samuel Johnson

Wit, Wells, Has Beens

The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved.

Samuel Johnson

Hero, Remarkable, Has Beens

The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it.

Samuel Johnson

Travel, London, Has Beens

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.66