Mean Quotes

To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.

I dream about my teeth, losing a tooth, which I think means that you want control back.

'25th Hour,' like a lot of my films, takes place in New York City. I've been very fortunate to make films in the city that I live. I mean, it's great going home at night instead of being on location.

The meeting of man and God must always mean a penetration and entry of the divine into the human and a self-immergence of man in the Divinity.

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

In true love there is no heart break. A broken heat means broken demands, broken expectations and broken hopes.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to save yourselves.

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.

Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better.

Free trade should not mean free labor.

Likewise, free trade does not, as evidenced in CAFTA, mean fair trade.

There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm.

TEAMWORK...means never having to take all the blame yourself.

Chaos at the bottom means order at the top. Order at the bottom means chaos at the top.

Excellence means representing the reputation of Christ well. It means doing all things as best as you can...

I believe that social security should be a universal retirement guarantee and not means tested.

I just had a romance that I really care about, a lot-I mean, a lot-go up in smoke. Because of the stress, and the sort of other woman that Macintosh is.

What this means is that people are seeing a stable business, which is good, and a business that is in control, which is also good.

Awards mean nothing to comedians. What matters is the audience, how you're doing - artistically, for the most part - at that moment.

Knowledge of means without knowledge of ends is animal training.

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor.

I mean, as long as it doesn't have a bra attached, guys can take a risk and wear stylish things that went out of style 30 years ago. As things go around, they come around.

Diversity means understanding.

If there is disturbance in the camp, the general's authority is weak. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot. If the officers are angry, it means that the men are weary.

We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

The more you achieve, the more interest it should spark to go further, because there's so much - and I don't mean monetarily and I don't mean in society. This whole experience of living is so rich!

And what do I mean by the word 'perfection'? That I shall not try to explain but only say, 'Perfection makes me laugh.' Not cynically, I hasten to add, 'With joy.

One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots.

I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.

Lacey didn't like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they better prepare themselves to say goodbye to some of their friends.

Like I said, I've got too much respect for women to marry them, but that doesn't mean you can't support them emotionally and financially.

I wanted to show I had balls at age 60. Just because society says I'm old, doesn't mean that I am. I'm pursuing happiness, even if it makes the people around me unhappy.

Has that line ever worked for anyone?” “I’m not feeding you lines. I mean every word.” … “Day One of my life was the day I met you.” “Okay, that’s a winner. You can put it in.

Can I take advantage of you in the limo?” His eyes laughed at me. “By all means, angel mine.

There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.

Each way means loneliness -- and communion.

There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism.

I'd rather have a kid come up to me and tell me that he loves dinosaurs or he loves airplanes or he likes training dogs or I like Shakespeare. I mean, just something.

Just because someone is very charismatic, it doesn't mean that they're genuinely qualified.

There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.

Not everybody's the perfect person in the world. I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever. I think that people need a second chance.

Theres no stink more sorrorful than the stink of wet, burnt paper. It means: the end.

I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and I'm me.

Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

Dialectic thought is an attempt to break through the coercion of logic by its own means.

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.