Mean Quotes
The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Socialism is not in the least what it pretends to be. It is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build, it destroys.
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises The first generation from the ’50s that were in 1650 [Broadway] were pretty much all crooks,
Al KooperAl Kooper Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn’t just mean diversity but also togetherness – primarily the understanding of the rules of the game – the European values structure.
Bassam TibiBassam Tibi Looking back at his career, Mr. Rustin, a Quaker, once wrote: ‘The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.’
Bayard RustinBayard Rustin The women I’m attracted to playing I hope will mean something to someone.
Florence PughFlorence Pugh This is what it means to be alone: everyone is connected to everyone else, their bodies are a bright liquid life flowing around you, sharing a single heart that drives them to move all together. If the shark comes they will all escape, and leave you to be eaten.
Barbara KingsolverBarbara Kingsolver Whoever prefers life to death, happiness to suffering, well-being to misery must defend without compromise private ownership in the means of production.
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises I’m a great believer in karma and the vengeance that it serves up to those who are deliberately mean is generally enough for me.
Beth DittoBeth Ditto Wherever the centre of a thing lies, there lies its heart, for the word ‘heart’ means centrality.
Ajahn ThateAjahn Thate The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.
B. H. Liddell HartB. H. Liddell Hart Angel… I don’t think you understand the lengths i would go to if it means keeping you here with me.’ -patch (pg 262)
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.
Dorothea LangeDorothea Lange The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn’t mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
Beatrice WoodBeatrice Wood