Mean Quotes

I am so smart. I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T ... Uh, I mean S-M-A-R-T.

Glory and fame mean twelve thousand francs' worth of paid articles in the newspapers and five thousand crowns' worth of dinners.

I mean, we do believe in due process in America. I thought we did.

There is a mean in all things; even virtue itself has stated limits; which not being strictly observed, it ceases to be virtue.

The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want.

I think in general the ends do not justify the means.

A continuing conversation with other persons, with cultural products, and with oneself, is a large part of what it means to be a human being, in our time and perhaps in all time.

Mindfulness means being aware of how you're deploying your attention and making decisions about it, and not letting the tweet or the buzzing of your BlackBerry call your attention.

You can't assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible.

In the broad sense design means thinking about what the function or purpose of things or processes are, and translating that into action.

There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.

We will never-and I mean never-turn our backs on our employees.

There are things that I won't do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what won't you do. I say, well, you know, you've got to find out when you're on the air.

The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.

People love leverage when it's working. I mean, it's so easy to borrow money from a guy at X and put it out at X.

My career means the world to me and it's something I'm very proud of.

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.

You thought I was writing The Truth? Honey, I don't even know what The Truth means.

When people stop me in the street, and I can see they want to tell me more than they want the selfie, they want to tell me what it means to them, and that means a lot to me.

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

Love is a many-sided sacrifice; it means thoughtfulness for others; it means putting their good before self-gratification. Love is impulse, no doubt, but true love is impulse wisely directed.

They speak very well of you". - "They speak very well of everybody." - "That so bad?" - "Yes. It means you can´t trust them.

I have two daughters, it really means a lot to me to have two women standing now and being the PM.

Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.

If something like one in nine Londoners is a Muslim, then I want one in nine police officers to be a Muslim. Which means we are currently about 2,000 short.

If you stop someone who's talking about something being fun, and say "Well what do you mean?" it's almost impossible to answer.

This willingness to be frank and plain about the way that the world is, is a good first step. But that doesn't mean that you get what you want.

It's better when you don't understand the words in music. Because when you don't understand the words, you have to listen to what somebody means, not what they're saying. And if they mean it.

Acceptance means commitment, among other things.

I'm basically in every band I ever was in, and the songs, I still mean them all. I don't take anything back, so I do look after them to some degree. But my main focus is on what I'm doing now.

In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.

I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.

What does Christmas mean if we can't encourage small children to sit on a stranger's lap?

I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.

I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet.

I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.

I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.

You know, film is the ultimate goal in an actor's career. I mean, I still love TV. I have my feet firmly stamped in it. But my opportunities have been bigger and better.

Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.

When I play, what I see are people who mean something to me, both positively and negatively. It's my private life, in a way, what I see, and this is what I share.

If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.

If history's any judge, you might have democratic leanings in a revolution but that doesn't necessarily mean that the revolution is going to end up with democratic results.

She put her hand on her hip. "Where are you going?" "To the boat. You called me Lord Bill again. That means we're cool." Cerise slapped her forehead with the heel of her hand and followed him.

People might want to think, "We don't need it," but you know, we can't stop it. It's a movement, which means that it's moving, whether you like it or not, it's going to move.

I mean, shout out to the people that get dressed everyday and want to take that picture everyday. I would much rather post pictures of [my girlfriend] than of myself.

It depends on what you mean by the word religion. Certainly I don't go to temples and pray to the gods or anything like that.