Mean Quotes

The child seeks for independence by means of work; an independence of body and mind.

My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.

I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.

I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature, Congressman.

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

The artist is the person who invents the means to bridge between biological inheritance and the environments created by technological innovation.

More will mean worse.

Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.

He who is greatest among you shall be a servant. That's the new definition of greatness. ... By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.

I tried for about two semesters in a preparatory seminary. But I was about 15 and didn't fully understand what a vocation means.

In my mind, continuity means the best writer at a company is held hostage by the worst.

What is the fire that burns in your heart? If you are lucky enough to discover it, than by all means fan the flames and let the fire be the guiding light for a life worth living.

No one holds the power. Just because they might give you a bit of money every now and then doesn't mean that they have the right to change what you do.

It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job. You're going to a job.

Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider.

Not offering this kind of guarantee means that they do not believe in their product enough, and they do not care about if a salesman is over promising or over selling their product.

Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.

Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.

Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.

Just because you can thrill a toddler by chewing with your mouth open doesn’t mean you should.

Poets and painters have the power to dare, I mean to dare to do whatever they may approve of.

Violence is not the only means of persuasion.

When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government.

Just 'cause I don't run my mouth don't mean I got nothin' to say.

Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise.

You know, Hoosiers recognize pork when we see it. And they recognize what bailing out every failing business in America means - We're burying generations under a mountain range of debt.

Extremism means borders beyond which life ends, and a passion for extremism, in art and in politics, is a veiled longing for death.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.

I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day

Living intensely each present day means letting Christ dwell within you. His words are so clear: Today I would like to enter your home.

I say yes when I mean no and the wrinkle grows.

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence.

When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.

In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

....it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means one can aquire power but not glory.

Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment.

Just because I don't understand god's plans does not mean that he is not with me.

I mean we cant even rock them shoes if it dont got a comma on the price tag ya know. I mean.. I mean but then again who looks at the price tag ya know?

Say exactly what you mean. Enough said.

I mean everybody's got ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. Everybody's got baggage.

Technology provides means for expression and interchange and so on, so yes it should be free and open, but there are a lot of constraints on how its used.

I mean you look back at American history and American culture, it's pretty striking. I mean this has been the safest country in the world forever, and the most frightened country in the world.