Mean Quotes

In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find out what you really think or who you are.

Who born so poor, Of intellect so mean, as not to know What seem'd the best; and knowing not to do? As not to know what God and conscience bade, And what they bade not able to obey?

The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality to insure a very considerable amount of custom.

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.

Aligning yourself with the intelligence of the universe means coming to understand your life's purpose and applying it fearlessly to life's circumstances.

I tell ya, my wife, we get along good cause we have our own arrangement. I mean, one night a week I go out with the boys and one night a week, she goes out with the boys.

Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism. So too, Scholasticism.

We have the means to change the laws we find unjust or onerous. We cannot, as citizens, pick and choose the laws we will or will not obey.

Revolution means democracy in today's world, not the enslavement of peoples to the corrupt and degrading horrors of totalitarianism

I mean, it's not important what kind of pants you wear; it's how you wear them.

The station put us on staff at $35 a week... and I mean every week.

The cookie-cutter liberal, the standard operating procedure liberal, is really a giant ignoramus. I mean that seriously. They're really ignorant.

Socialism isn't a dirty word; it just means sharing. Really, it's just the bureaucratic arm of Christianity.

Musicians understand each other through means other that speaking.

If you ask me to describe my relationship, I mean - words are too clumsy to accurately describe how I feel in that regard, particularly in an interview. It’s a strange thing.

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.

I mean, I love being with friends and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.

People who follow their religion to the letter of the law are just silly. I mean, I want to tell Hasidic Jews I promise you, God will not mind if you wear a nice cotton blend in the summer.

It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord.

Nothing extraordinary is achieved through ordinary means.

The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove.

What does civilization mean to you, and what would its ending bring to the world?

It's important for all people, and not just people in bands, to speak out on social justice issues. That means journalists or plumbers have just as much of a responsibility to do that as artists.

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you dont hear the sound; you are the sound.

Yoga is many things to many people, but in its full potential the practice of yoga can provide the means to transform suffering into happiness and Suzanne Bryant's film YOGA IS shows us this path.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.

Photography means releasing oneself from one type of gravity and placing oneself in a space where a different force is trying to move you.

The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilization, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago.

The overall message is 'one love,' which means love begins with oneself. If you can't love yourself, you can't love anyone around you.

The important thing about "brave" is, it doesn't mean you're not terrified.

You can read a Shakespeare play, but does that mean you wouldn't want to see it on the stage?

Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.

I feel like I'm just learning how to play the guitar. I mean, really learning to play the guitar

I mean, the best thing for my knee, for anyone's knee, is to never play again and retire. But I'm not going to do that.

Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there.

Taking responsibility means never blaming anyone else for anything you are being..... doing.... having, or feeling.

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It means trusting in the spiritual.

Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find time to read to them the scriptures.

Meditation is the means of unification of the subject and object. Meditate.

Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds.

Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.

giving up doesn't always mean your weak sometimes your just strong enough to let go

Psychedelic telepathy is you 'see' what I mean.

Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.

Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free.