Mean Quotes
By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision
Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place.
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
In Leon's account of his life, no-one was mean-spirited, no-one schemed or lied or betrayed; everyone was celebrated at least in some degree... Leon turned out to be a spineless, grinning idiot.
With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary.
My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending.
We're more Christian than the Pope. And, I mean, that's not our religion. We pray to the Gods of our conquerors... all black and brown people.
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice
It's so silly. All you do is get the heck out of your body when you die. My gosh, everybody's done it thousands of times. Just because they don't remember, it doesn't mean they haven't done it.
That Yes, I know what you mean-that is the technical definition of Best Friend Forever.
To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements.
Our civilization is first and foremost a civilization of means; in the reality of modern life, the means, it would seem, are more important than the ends.
Being on the spiritual path means you want to be a success in an existential sphere, not just on a social level.
Meditation does not mean you have to grin every moment of your life, but to learn to let your bones smile.
For Indians, images are a means of celebrating mystery and not a manner of explaining it
The contemporary quarrel over church and state is not really about whether a wall of separation of church and state should exist or not... The real question is what does 'separation' mean?
A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.
A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.
What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "To-day the Prince of Peace is born.
It seems to me that readers sometimes make the genesis of a poem more mysterious than it is (by that I perhaps mean, think of it as something outside their own experience)
The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.
Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves.
It is impossible to state in words how much this team means to me, how much Hulu means to me.
We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against terrorism.
The healthcare reform bill now includes a tanning booth tax of 10 percent. You know what this means? This whole thing could be funded by the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'
Casey Anthony was found not guilty. This means that President Obama’s economic team is only the second-most clueless group in America.
Just one Bush justice on the court means left-wingers might have to start actually winning votes for their wacky ideas; a prescription for liberal extinction.
I made my choice to be in Ferrari. It is not easy because it is important for a man to have satisfaction. And for me to get the satisfaction I want means getting results.
A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.
I just don't like that you can either be ugly and smart or pretty and dumb, or ugly and nice or pretty and mean.
Owning a TVR in the past was like owning a bear. I mean it was great, until it pulled your head off, which it would.
Being able to do everything in the business doesn't necessarily mean you should do everything.
Anyone who would laugh at a recital is probably some sort of lunatic anyway. I mean, only a sick, twisted mind could be that rude and ignorant.
People aren't comfortable thinking of women as people. Like we're not people, we're women, and that means something completely different, especially when you have power.
Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.
It's important to meet with the people who can shape future events, and who might be causing a current problem. And to ignore them means that the problem will continue.
You don't find geniuses in street musicians, but that doesn't mean to say you can't be really good.
I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?