Mean Quotes

Art or talent, for an artist, is merely a means of applying his personal faculties to the ideas and the things of the period in which he lives.

My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find my place, or to find once again that I have lost my place.

I don't want people running around saying Gwen Brooks's work is intellectual. That makes people think instantly about obscurity. It shouldn't have to mean that, but it often seems to.

Friendship means only one thing: you don't create fences around you, but try to remove fences from the life of another person.

I like working with family and friends and people I admire. All my movies are filled with family members of some capacity. I think it means more when you have a personal relationship with someone.

A man who has never been hungry may possess a more refined palate, but he has no idea what it means to eat.

(The AMA is) "just another mean trust."

Eruption of joy at the fall of an Indian wicket can only mean one thing

Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.

I'm not mean, just aggressive.

What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

I don't mean to be accident prone, but my excuse is if you really want to get somewhere you have to go full gas.

You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.

I mean, if you need a minute to yourself, you aren't going to get it, but you just have to realize it's what you signed up for, because those difficult moments are what make for a much better show.

It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out.

It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.

God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what your kindness to his children means to him.

I was overweight when I went to school. In fact, I was overweight when I left, just taller. Fatty Cavill was the nickname. I mean, no one wants to be Fatty Cavill.

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

And there is a time, glorious too in its own way, when one scarcely exists, when one is a complete void. I mean, when boredom seems the very stuff of life.

I like the sound of my voice, doesn't mean it's any good but I like it. The joke is that "all good singers like the sound of their own voice" so we'll go with that.

I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

Death? Translated into the heavenly tongue, that word means life!

To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.

What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of any help whatsoever from any other class?

As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food.

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

Caring for others is an expression of what it means to be fully human.

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration

I'll be ready. I'm not sure for what exactly. But maybe that's what being ready really means.

You know those days when you get the mean reds?

I’ve got to do something about the way I look. I mean a girl just can’t go to Sing Sing with a green face.

Not to be lost in idle admiration is the only sure means of making and preserving happiness.

Money, make money; by honest means if you can; if not, by any means make money. [Lat., Rem facias rem, Recte si possis, si non, quocumque modo rem.]

Wine brings to light the hidden secrets of the soul, gives being to our hopes, bids the coward flight, drives dull care away, and teaches new means for the accomplishment of our wishes.

The mind & body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs & music.

Technology is the only means through which you touch on new things.

To be amazing means you have to do amazing things.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

Fear is the reason for making art. It is a means to freedom.

The means employed by Nature to bring about the development of all the capacities of men is their antagonism in society, so far as this is, in the end, the cause of a lawful order among men.

I don't know what love means.

The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.

You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible for what you do and how you do it.

I mean it's very hard to meditate and live a spiritual life in America. People think you're a freak if you try to.

Let's just try to have a marvelous time this weekend. I mean not try to analyze everything to death for once, if possible. Especially me. I love you.