Mean Quotes

I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.

Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

When I say a vegan diet can be "the healthiest dietary option we can live by," I mean an informed vegan diet.

Making a true decision means committing to achieving a result, and then cutting yourself off from any other possibility.

When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other.

I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.

All right mister, let me tell you that winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, give more than anyone else.

I mean it's the writing, not the being read, that excites me.

Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented.

I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.

I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I have come to the conclusion that I neither mean to die soon or to lose the match!

Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.

'I am insecure' means: I can't cope on my own. The odds are overwhelming. I can't resist them on my own. I need us to join forces, stand shoulder to shoulder, march hand in hand.

I think good music makes you feel free, and if people feel free when they come to a show or listen to my music, that would mean the world to me.

I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what I'm supposed to do.

Next to knowing how to dress well, fire is one of the most important bush skills there are, because it is one of the few means available to make up most great deficiencies.

I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway

Life’s all about the revolution, isn’t it? The one inside, I mean. You can’t change history. You can’t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.

Oops, I said on my d-ck. I aint really mean to say on my d-ck. But since we talking about my d-ck, all of you haters say hi to it.

In prayer the soul comes nearest the experience of absolute love: in belief it ascends by means of symbols towards absolute truth.

Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.

The first lesson about trusting your senses is: don't. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know it's true, that doesn't mean it is true.

Remember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you're afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be loved.

Experience through freedom is the only means to arrive at the truth and the best solutions; and there is no freedom if there is not the freedom to be wrong.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to ‘sell’ the learning to them.

Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy

Must being in love always mean being in pain?

Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.

To be 'on purpose' means you're doing what you love to do, doing what you're good at, and accomplishing what's important to you.

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

Science is the century-old endeavor to bring together by means of systematic thought the perceptible phenomena of this world into as thorough-going an association as possible.

If something is sustainable, it means we can go on doing it indefinitely. If it isn't, we can't

I don't mean to hate people, I just get forced into it.

I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart!

Character is the aim of true education; and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish this desired end.

To possess a high degree of consciousness, to be always aware of yourself in relation to the world, to live in the permanent tension of knowledge, means to be lost for life.

The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it's by no means dreadful.

Nature does nothing in vain, and in the use of means to her goals she is not prodigal.

Education, in its broadest sense, is the means of this social continuity of life.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

I'm 18 so I'm still young and I'm still learning. But I mean, relationships in general are hard.

All good thoughts and ideas mean nothing without action