Mean Quotes

You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.

If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter.

Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes: Some falls are means the happier to arise

What I really mean is that a great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.

Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and enjoyment doesn't mean they are writing well.

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

At first, I didn't really care if global warming existed. But then I realized it means that less bums would freeze to death in the winter

Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie.

When I talk about having good hearing, I don't mean just listening, but listening to yourself. When I talk about good eyesight, I don't mean just looking, but looking at yourself.

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

My dad had limitations. That's what my good-hearted mom always told us. He had limitations, but he meant no harm. It was kind of her to say, but he did do harm.

Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something.

I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.

I mean, every child at one stage dreams of being a prince or a princess.

Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that - it's got to be funny.

I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing! I never understood it. I mean, why me? I never really got it.

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.

A 'diet' is simply an individual's eating regimen: it doesn't have to mean the restrictive plan we've come to associate this word with.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

I don't mean to be funny.

Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

Cars mean nothing to me. I'm not a car guy.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

It's cold and it's mean spirited and I don't like it here anymore.

Do you believe in God, doctor?" No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But I've long ceased finding that original.

I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.

I tell very mean jokes.

Newt Gingrich and his fellow conservative Republicans talked a good game but, despite the lip service they offered about poverty and race and other social issues, they didn't really mean it.

I just loved playing the mean girl. When you're not like a character, it's kind of fun to play.

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way.

I mean, we just started, it's a new thing. We're doing this for fun and we're going to see where it goes.

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public.

The belts to me, they don't really mean much to be honest. It's the people who I fought and me going out there competing and fighting.

I can be mean. Not dirty. But very mean.

Never exaggerate. Never say more than you really mean.

I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit consent of a public.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

My wife and I just started listening to the late Beethoven Quartets together, an activity I recommend for all married couples, but that doesn't really mean that I'm finished reading.