Mean Quotes
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 They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.
Lord ByronLord Byron The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Health to the ocean means health for us.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist – if by prisons we mean places that could be experienced by the men and women in them at all as every place that goes by that name now is bound to be experienced.
Barbara DemingBarbara Deming Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe’s fiscal, banking, and monetary union.
Barry EichengreenBarry Eichengreen Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
DogenDogen Beauty means this to one person, perhaps, and that to the other. And yet when any one of us has seen or heard or read that which to us is beautiful.
John GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy 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 Reason doesn’t mean very much in a country like North Korea.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
Kin HubbardKin Hubbard The [Bob] Dylan sessions were very disorganized, to say the least. I mean, the “Like A Rolling Stone” session I was invited by the producer to watch.
Al KooperAl Kooper