Mean Quotes

Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.

For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.

When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

Age doesn't mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish to put down. It should be a delightful adventure.

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole.

To forgive and forget means to throw away dearly bought experience.

If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world

Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their worth.

I'm sorry. I didn't know you were coming or I'd have cleaned up a little more. My life, I mean, not just the apartment.

A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to know by what means that result was achieved-but it is my job to know.

That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

When you're in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you're quitting your country and this is treason.

Call me Patch. I mean it. Call me.

If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the state.

To establish the right price for a stock, the market must have adequate information, but it by no means follows that is the market has this information it will thereupon establish the right price.

No matter how many times people try to pick my lyrics apart, nobody will really understand what these songs truly mean to me because I would rather not get into it.

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

When my bed is empty, Makes me feel awful mean and blue. My springs are getting rusty, Living single like I do.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

The powers that be understand that sexual freedom or liberation with any kind of joy means they are losing control.

I still enjoy traveling a lot. I mean, it amazes me that I still get excited in hotel rooms just to see what kind of shampoo they've left me.

People will frighten you about a graduation.... They use words you don't hear often: And we wish you Godspeed." It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices."

It is a warning, Godspeed. It means you are no longer welcome here at these prices.

Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.

The musical is amazing. i mean,i don't throw around that word very often unless im talking about myself. Being humble is one of my many fine qualities. IGN Interview May 2009

We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans

To me, there is nothing better than me going into the studio with a live band and hearing those violins and that echo and that sound. I mean I loved it.

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information warfare

Netflix is in every country except China and North Korea. Enough people have seen the show. I mean, I'm in Patagonia and people recognize the show [ Narcos].

Leaving home' to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what society — your home — tells you is important.

You can have a striker who scores 50 goals in one season but if you win nothing it means nothing.

Strength means honoring your entire range of emotion, even your despair and heartbreak.

Faith means wanting God and wanting to want nothing else.

'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds.

The important thing is the 80/20 rule: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This means that if you're doing ten tasks, two are going to be vastly more important than others.

I say I don't sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I don't sleep with happily married men.

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.

I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.

As the king governs by his executive, so Reason in man must rule the mere appetites by means of the 'spirited element.'

Knock and it shall be opened.' But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?

I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn't mean I want to be in love with a woman.

Modernization means Westernization.

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

Getting revenge on a guy is just not worth it to me. I mean, it definitely sucks at the time, but obviously you're not supposed to be with that person.

This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.

To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status.