Mean Quotes
When you say you don't think we should have public schools, they can't believe you mean that. You must mean that they should be smaller. But you can't really mean no public schools.
So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.
Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state.
We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding.
'Arcturus' is his other name- I'd rather call him 'Star.' It's very mean of Science To go and interfere!
Jack Lambert is mean and relentless wherever he goes, on and off the field! I do remember many times he would chase me in practice but no way would I let him catch me.
All the sutras in the world are useless. All the lectures of all the teachers don't really mean anything. They are only words. They point in a direction, that is their only use.
I think Ted Cruz is a very mean-spirited guy. You can see it from how the Republican Party responds to him.
Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel.
Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.
When people say that German or any other language is romantic... all they really mean is that they've enjoyed a past in the language
You put a movie star or a bunch of movie stars in a movie, it doesn't mean people are gonna go see it. It's been proven time and time again.
Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films.
"Gender trouble" is old. I mean, you know, in New York, it is old. I mean it's sweet. I mean people are really kind about it but it's like a former love affair you had and you're done.
An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.
It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.
I guess if I looked at it from an athletic standpoint, I don't really need to win another Tour. Seven Tours for me was a dream, six broke the record, so that eight doesn't really mean much.
There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It's just ignorance.
When you say "paying the banks," what they really mean is paying the bank bondholders. They are basically the One Percent.
All great companies have spirit and culture. Mean spirited returns mean spirit.
And as Dad said to me, 'You can't always stop people from being mean. But you can stop them from making you mean.
But what really is immorality? And what does helping someone really mean? Helping them to be like everyone else, or helping them to be themselves?
I can always remember standing up to the baddest girls in my elementary school. Wherever I went, there was always a mean girl, and that girl would always hate me because I wouldn’t bow down.
It's so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can't find the words.
The only way you can be comfortable about Donald Trump's foreign policy, is to think he doesn't really mean anything he says.
I used to say that the newspapers were tomorrow's fish and chip paper, but I didn't really mean it; I could still be hurt by what they said. After Athens, I just didn't care.
The worst side of people is political part of the process, the side that can be very mean and nasty.
Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them.
The biggest challenge I have is to learn when somebody doesn't really mean what they're saying 'cause I don't say something I don't mean. I live in Literalville.
Since I'm not a method actor, I don't actually feel angry or feel that I'm being mean, I just do it because I'm acting the part, doing my job and playing the role.
No, I don't mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression.
I've kind of touched on the youth generation, what the concept of fame, what does it actually, really mean.
We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.
Owl,' said Rabbit shortly, 'you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is easy thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it.
I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.
We tell ourselves that God is dead, when what we mean is that God is Dad, and we wish him dead.
It annoys the hell out of me when people say, This is the kitchen, and this is the bathroom. What am I, Helen Keller? I mean, it's pretty obvious when you're in a kitchen and when you're not.