Mean Quotes
Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. I'd say what any decent poet would say if anyone dared ask him to analyze his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there!
To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.
For a single woman, preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.
The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be.
"I have seen those symptoms before," said Holmes, throwing his cigarette into the fire. "Oscillation upon the pavement always means an affaire de coeur."
God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.
Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.
Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry, imagination.
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting.
You and I must not complain if our plans break down if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One who knows more than we do have succeeded.
It's politely assumed that democracy is a means of containing and restraining violence. But violence comes not from genes but from ideas
We have to build an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top. That means we need new jobs, good jobs, with rising incomes.
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
An increase in the productivity of labour means nothing more than that the same capital creates the same value with less labour, or that less labour creates the same product with more capital.
The drive . . . is to create a one world government ... Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope . . . .
The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer.
Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
You know, I started doing movies. I mean, my mind was brought into saying, you know what? I want to build a generation of wealth.
True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
I go once a year to the Serengeti to see the wildebeest migrations because that means a lot to me, but I avoid Olduvai if I can because it is a ruin. It is most depressing.
Multiculturalism means your kid has to learn some wretched tribal dirge for the school holiday concert instead of getting to sing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.'
Steve Martin is such an exquisite and precise writer. Everything is so clear; it's like a bell. He says what he means and says it so beautifully.
I think we need an American jobs agenda for the climate challenge which means American renewable grid, more renewable energy.
Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's not possible on $1 a day.
Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of music, or rather of the world by means of music.
Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.
Brand handling synergy means developing and communicating your company's values and identity consistently.
If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through.
The fact that we're catching more fish per person than we've ever done before doesn't mean that there are not particular places where we've managed fisheries badly.
It means that there's only one love for everyone who exists. And when you meet that love, you know them. You know you were meant to be together, and nothing can keep you apart.
Often times, being in a popular thing means that you have to compromise your own acting.
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs.
Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even mean to be your family, they just are.
Salvation is so great a thing, so glorious an attainment, that 'tis worth the while for a man to do his utmost every day during his whole life in the use of all proper means that he may attain.