Mean Quotes
The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you’ll never make it to the top.
Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimoto Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James MadisonJames Madison Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
Lord ActonLord Acton When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.
Alan Loy McGinnisAlan Loy McGinnis Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings.
Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonBarbara Grizzuti Harrison No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.
Rick RiordanRick Riordan We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller I’ll get laughs in the places I don’t want them and that makes me realize the direction I want to go in. I don’t mean to get too deep into comedy here.
Baron VaughnBaron Vaughn If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him… does that mean we’re not democratic?
Ahmed AliAhmed Ali So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi I want to be really, really clear about this. It doesn’t mean that everyone or even the majority of people who voted for Donald Trump are racist or white supremacists or anything like that. But what it means is that it’s not a mistake that Trump began his campaign with birthersism .
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma I wanted to be as close as I could to the Really Real, and I’ll capitalize both of those R’s, because God is a word that means different things to different people, but we might all agree it’s what is most real.
Barbara Brown TaylorBarbara Brown Taylor It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.
Phyllis DillerPhyllis Diller What would it mean in practice to eliminate all the ‘negative people’ from one’s life [as demanded by motivational speaker J.P. Maroney]? It might be a good idea to separate from a chronically carping spouse, but it is not so easy to abandon the whiny toddler, the colicky infant, or the sullen teenager.
Barbara EhrenreichBarbara Ehrenreich