Mean Quotes

The fifth freedom, the Freedom of Individual Enterprise, is the keystone of the arch on which the other Four Freedoms rest. This is what freedom means.

An external thing that is knowable [is knowable] by means of something internal that is consubstantial [with the rational soul].

Roman is my alter ego. He's mean. *He says the things I can't say.

Mature means neither "too soon" nor "too late," but something between the two.

In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language, and to which every language necessarily conforms.

You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.

It had better be quirky or perverse or thoughtful enough so that you hit some chord in them. I mean we've all read pieces where we thought, 'Oh, who gives a damn.'

I don't care about people who don't care about me. If people are negative or mean, then that's their issue. Screw them.

What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.

'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.

The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.

Successful men don't date up. They are intimidated by wealthy women unless they are blue bloods. Successful men want to always take care of their women, and that means financially.

When the uniqueness of a place sings to us like a melody, then we will know, at last, what it means to be home

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

What does it mean to be too black for Hollywood? It's self-explanatory. Hollywood has certain kinds of blacks that they like.

Tightfisted people are as mean with friendship as they are with cash--suspicious, unbelieving, and incurious.

It's a little-known linguistic curiosity that the name Jehovah or Jaweh is the same name as Eve; Havva, the counterpart name in Farsi, the language spoken by the Persians, means either Jaweh or Eve.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

Trends don't mean very much to me. They come, they go, they turn around.

The end never justifies the means because there is no end; there are only means.

Freedom means the right to be stupid.

If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"--and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition--then the United States is the first truly Socialist country.

We are insane. That is what sin is. Sanctity is identitical with sanity. It means living the truth, living in reality. Sin always substitutes unreality for reality.

That is how the atom is split. But what does it mean ? To us who think in terms of practical use it means - Nothing !

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything.

I remember when I first got into the league, I thought how it would be nice to have a year when you were the best. That means your team is probably winning.

You mean old books?" "Stories written before space travel but about space travel." "How could there have been stories about space travel before --" "The writers," Pris said, "made it up.

A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him.

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more . . . And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

Love means that everything is right with the world. Love and only love.

My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that's all I need in life.

I know I should stop smoking, but it scares me. I mean, what would I turn to next?

For it was not so much that by means of words I came to a complete understanding of things, as that from things I somehow had an experience which enabled me to follow the meaning of words.

Art means: revealing God in everything that exists.

Consecrated life means going to the very root of the love of Jesus Christ with an undivided heart and putting nothing ahead of this love.

I learned very early in my career that when I don't arrive on set, production will shut down, which means people won't get paid; there's that much responsibility.

Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.

Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.

To rest upon a formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.

Yeah, I mean the material, directors, the other cast, and if you think you can do something with the character then you do it and go from there. I am looking forward to doing some smaller movies.

A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our preferred political positions or cater to certain political interests.

Calling means that everyone, everywhere, and in everything fulfills his or her (secondary) callings in response to God's (primary) calling.

Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

I desperately want children. I want like four of them. But I will never have them, I mean at least with the current circumstances, living with my boyfriend.