Mean Quotes
A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.
Rick RiordanRick Riordan There’s an interesting question here because if the gold price broke in that context, the thermometer would not be just a measuring tool. It would basically affect the underlying psychology.
Alan GreenspanAlan Greenspan Nobody in the world could possibly be as mean as I look, could they?
LemmyLemmy The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else — men, guns, ammunition.
Ida TarbellIda Tarbell We have many, many words, but not that one. To me, healthy means paying close attention to feeding people.
Alain DucasseAlain Ducasse Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma Repentance means a change of mind. Formerly, I thought sin as a pleasant thing, but now I have changed my mind about it. Formerly, I thought the world an attractive place, but now I know better.
Watchman NeeWatchman Nee Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Be who you like as long as you mean it.
Alan CummingAlan Cumming Reparations would mean the end of scarfing hot dogs on the Fourth of July while denying the facts of our heritage.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates How clever am I? I’m really quite clever. I mean, look, I’ve got a first-class degree from Oxford.
Giles CorenGiles Coren There is a kind of a cascading chain, … If one can’t sell, then that business doesn’t buy and that means the next business doesn’t sell, and the previous business doesn’t sell, and so on.
Alan BlinderAlan Blinder I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I’m very glad therefore you’ve been a part of it.
Henry JamesHenry James What Turning Forty Means to Me I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn’t used to have to do that. But now I do.
Tina FeyTina Fey