Mean Quotes

I mean, we're not talking about simply racism, we're taking about white supremacy.

I mean, think of Flint. I mean, think of the lead poisoning of thousands of poor and black children across the United States.

FDR was enormously influenced by this, and afraid. I mean, his intervention was to save capitalism. It wasn't to basically appease the workers. And I think that today you don't have those movements.

Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten.

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

The mere fact that you get a lot of seeds in a packet doesn't mean you have to plant all of them.

Abstraction means getting away from a visual interpretation but nearer to an emotional one.

Shakespeare is one of the best means of culture the world possesses. Whoever is at home in his pages is at home everywhere.

The great laws of the moral world do not vary, however different, under different dispensations, may be the authoritative enunciation of truth, or the means of propagating and defending it.

We cannot think that God frightens us with threatenings which He really does not mean to carry out, without doing Himself obvious dishonour.

I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire.

Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.

I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own.

Some folks think that Christianity means a kind of insurance policy, and that it has little to do with this life, but that it is a very good thing when a man dies.

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.

Each book has a secret history of ways and means.

God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

What does this mean 'mailer daemon'? Satan, are you messing with the e-mail system already?

The present stage redefines the possibilities of man and nature in accordance with the new means available for their realization.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.

We can't just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.

We have a lot of kids who don't know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word.

I have pretty thick skin. I've been in the arena a long time, and that means that I am not going to get down with [Donald Trump] and go insult for insult.

I want a Supreme Court that understands because you're wealthy and you can give more money to something doesn't mean you have any more rights or should have any more rights than anybody else.

I want to try to counter what Donald Trump says because a lot of it is mean-spirited and would hurt people.

I'm running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.

The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend.

I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None. I mean, I know that's hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don't.

If the people of the Middle East are not sure what democracy means, let them look to Israel.

I mean you've got a conservative and right-winged press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum.

I think there has to be a recognition that, you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically.

I look at somebody like my husband or President Obama. They are so natural. I mean, they are fluid, they got the moves, they can just go into a room and really capture it, they've got charisma.

I had grown men cry. I mean, literally.

I mean, of course that's a theoretical question, and we don't know what it would be for, and we don't know how many numbers there are. I am against American combat troops being in Syria and Iraq.

Because I support the Second Amendment doesn't mean that I want people who shouldn't have guns to be able to threaten you, kill you or members of your family.

Every election is about the future, which by definition means it's more about the future of young people than it is about me.

It means a great deal to have the faith and trust of so many people who share the view and vision I have for the USA and I'm going to do everything I can not to let them down.

If I remembered when people said mean things about me, I would never speak to the media again.

If [Donald Trump] is paid zero [taxes], that means zero for troops, zero for vets, zero for schools or health.

America is the only developed nation in the world with no guaranteed paid leave of any kind. That means we're leaving a whole lot of talent on the sidelines.

Whether you call it radical jihadism or radical Islamism, I think they mean the same thing. I'm happy to say either.

Symbols mean something and symbols often can spark hope and action in people particularly young people.

Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can happen in your life today. So you somehow improvise.

I've often played very strong, flashy, kind of inadvertently mean women. I am not that way in my real life.

I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.

It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.