Mean Quotes

Only through apprehending, by means of present-day creations, how art is created, can the creations of other periods be genuinely appreciated.

I lived with my mother all my life until she died, and I don't really think I knew her, because I was always using her as my mother, if you know what I mean.

If we say that no one's out there And we say we're goin' nowhere And we avoid the question Is this all that it means?

Where man is the end, or the means, all men are mean.

The trouble with men is that they are mean-they may mean, but they don't move.

I mean, that is a mop of real hair. He has hair like a 15-year-old ... and so, I have to acknowledge I am a little envious of his hair.

Change doesnt always mean progress, but the status quo isnt always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient.

The world is full of ways and means to waste time.

You’re really cute, Midori,” I corrected myself. “What do you mean really cute?” “So cute the mountains crumble and the oceans dry up.

Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given day to weigh the good news versus the bad news, and you'll see what I mean.

I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.

I mean, you work and you try and find the work that suits you the best and you enjoy the most.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

I know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know! By that I mean there are three reasons why individuals and businesses fail: 1. Arrogance 2. Arrogance 3. Arrogance.

Losing hope means ceasing to love my son and my girlfriend and many friends and people around the world.

I mean, we did feel nervous, starting out, but I wouldnt say it was hard. We just did what we loved and thankfully it worked out for the best.

To do what we love we miss the ones we love. Long distance letters and phone calls and anything to make the distance disappear! That's what this means to me.

There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

I mean, I eat really healthily.

Less money for retirees means less purchasing power means less economic growth overall. It's a big problem.

So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people.

I can't speak for all women, but I do think that... I mean, me and my girlfriends, we definitely... we're in crisis on a continuous basis...or at least monthly, for sure, I don't know.

If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working hard, that means he isn't very good.

Life means progress, and progress means suffering.

War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification; it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the conquered.

Obviously a child can never conceive solitude if his parents aren't living it somewhere themselves. I don't mean that to be alone you have to get down on your knees for an hour in a yoga posture.

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.

Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means.

Zero is the number of objects that satisfy a condition that is never satisfied. But as never means "in no case", I do not see that any progress has been made.

An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty's sake.

Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else.

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Be wary of technology; it is often merely an improved means to an unimproved end.

I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the surface ofthings. We think that that is which appears to be.

Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it oftener happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which would be more disreputable.

I have not read far in the statutes of this Commonwealth. It is not profitable reading. They do not always say what is true; and they do not always mean what they say.

Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.

It is not when I am going to meet him, but when I am just turning away and leaving him alone, that I discover what God is. I say, God. I am not sure that that is the name. You will know what I mean.

Wealth cannot purchase any great private solace or convenience. Riches are only the means of sociality.

To say that God has given a man many and great talents frequently means that he has brought his heavens down within reach of his hands.

The improved means to the unimproved end.

The opportunities of living are diminished in proportion as what are called the "means" are increased.

Good religious men, with the love of men in their hearts, and the means to pay their toll in their pockets.

When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.

Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of them, have certainly more of mortal than divine about them.

It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

I found that competition was supposed to be a menace and that a good manager circumvented his competitors by getting a monopoly by artificial means.

We need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible.