being something Quotes

″‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ ‘Kind,’ said the boy.”

″‘You’re a Utilitarian, sir!’ said MCC, snatching it back. ‘I’m a Sikh, sir!’ ‘But you think a thing is beautiful only if it’s useful. You are a Utilitarian!‘”

“He didn’t want to be a mirror of his father. The thought made him cringe. I want to do something. Be somebody. But what? But what?”

“I’d a good deal rather be a pirate, now that I’ve tried it.”