Mean Quotes

You give up a lot to be in politics. And if you're not there to change the world I don't know what you're there for. I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me.

I mean, the genuine roots of culture is folk music.

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare.

I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

When I heard that Hitler had problems with flatulence, it's funny. What - does that make him a funny man? No. It means he had funny moments when his rear end was speaking louder than his mouth.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

When a man says he does not want to speak of something he usually means he can think of nothing else.

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.

The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no means always true.

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bullshit. I mean, you just can't define it.

Your boyfriend had a dream about potatoes and you're asking me to interpret it? I'm just old. Being old doesn't mean you know more; it means you ate enough fiber.

Conservatism is not about the party, because the party is merely the shell. It is the inside - it's the filling that really means something.

Words never mean what we want them to mean.

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.

Therefore art means: you have to believe, to have faith, that is, cultivate vision.

It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work.

To be knocked out doesn't mean what it seems. A boxer does not have to get up.

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself.

I just want silence... Jesus, it doesn't mean I don't like you. It just means right now, I like silence more.

I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy.

I feel like every time you get to make a sequel, it's a privilege. It means that people have embraced it and want the journey to continue.

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

You mean, like a book?

My father is a liar and so am I. But I’m going to stop. I have to stop. I will tell you my story and I will tell it straight. No lies, no omissions. That’s my promise. This time I truly mean it.

There’s a 30% chance that it’s already raining.

When language is used without true significance, it loses its purpose as a means of communication and becomes an end in itself.

I have friends who are so sarcastic, but I never view it as mean.

I love the idea of the vignette, which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?

What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.

In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.

For justice to have any meaning, it must also mean that no innocent person should ever be executed.

Hollywood style means classic glamour. My reference is the 1940s through the 1960s.

Making an object means imbuing it with its own spirit.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity". The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those secrets, and madness is the only means.

I mean, who made up all the rules in the culture? Men-white male corporate society. So why wouldnt a woman want to rebel against that?

Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation.

There's no way to be prepared for a conversation with someone you don't know about something that means the world to you.

Being an entrepreneur doesn't make you a rich tycoon and being an innovator doesn't mean that you're successful. It just means that you're interesting.