Mean Quotes

You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk.

Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit.

But when the fox hath once got in his nose, He'll soon find means to make the body follow.

we each devise our means of escape from the intolerable.

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was

Do you struggle with confusion? Not knowing which way to go? Here's why: We turn to means (help of creation, our own mind) before turning to God.

The knife is the most permanent, the most immortal, the most ingenious of man's creations. The knife was a guillotine; the knife is a universal means of resolving all knots.

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.

Is anarchism possible? The failure of attempts to attain freedom does not mean the cause is lost.

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

Computers are hierarchical. We have a desktop and hierarchical files which have to mean everything.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

I mean, I suppose when I'm in London, I'm home so I'm more comfortable.

That was excellent! I mean, it didn't do anything, but it looked really cool!

I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying

If we have a chance of succeeding and bringing stability and democracy to Iraq, it will mean learning from our mistakes, not denying them and not ignoring them.

It's important to me to say what I really mean.

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

I mean, it's been quite busy, especially with the rain delay the first few days, and then having to play the late evenings, waiting here every day. It's been kind of difficult.

How totally banal of you to ask what I really mean.

When I started finishing games and coming off the field shaking hands, it was a beautiful thing. I mean, you start seeing that you're an important part of the team.

Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.

So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do You see I've forgotten, if they're green or they're blue Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean Yours are the sweetest eyes, I've ever seen.

New socialize by insulting each other, but don't really mean it. Woman socialize by complimenting each other but don't really mean it

He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get a fat suit?' He looked at me and said, 'You mean you don't have one on?'

Make your "yes" mean yes, and your "no" mean no.

Why wouldn't I be able to look at you? You're not my woman and I don't even have feelings for you. You really mean nothing to me now.

Just because I don't do bad things doesn't mean I don't have bad thoughts.

Safe, sane and consensual what do those words really mean? Assimilation, that's what.

I don't like to do anything that's mean spirited just because I don't find it funny. I'd rather be the jackass than makes fun of somebody else. It just seems too cheap and easy.

Boxing is good for the livelihood but mainly, money don't really mean nothing.

I mean, its hard to be an actor in the city - trying to make it as an actor - because you waitress all night, you get home really late and you're super tired and your feet hurt.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.

Amnesty is a big billboard, a flashing billboard, to the rest of the world that we don't really mean our immigration law.

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?

I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.

Rappers tend to use words sometimes that just rhyme and don't really mean nothing.

I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.

I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I'm writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.

I don't travel by airplane. I mean that because when my wife, my kids and I travel on trains or boats, we meet a lot of people and we talk to them.

When you find your reason for living, hold onto it. Never let it go. Even if it means burning other bridges along the way.

..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.

Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man

By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

No matter how much money, fame, and fortune you have, it doesn't mean sh** if it's not connected with love.

I've always got on better with boys. Most of my friends are boys. Like, if I have children, I want five boys. Boys love their mothers whereas girls can be so mean to each other.