Mean Quotes
A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production
Ludwig von MisesLudwig von Mises America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.
Bainbridge ColbyBainbridge Colby It just means that if someone hates you, they still have feelings for you. If they really didn’t care about you, they’d just forget about you. They wouldn’t even waste the time hating you.
Barry LygaBarry Lyga Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?
Banana YoshimotoBanana Yoshimoto That’s what being eccentric means–being natural.
Lorraine HansberryLorraine Hansberry Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn’t just mean diversity.
Bassam TibiBassam Tibi Socialism is not spontaneous. It does not arise of itself. It has abiding principles according to which the major means of production and distribution ought to be socialised if exploitation of the many by the few is to be prevented; if, that is to say, egalitarianism in the economy is to be protected.
Kwame NkrumahKwame Nkrumah I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I’m a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.
Bernard HopkinsBernard Hopkins My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
Aung San Suu KyiAung San Suu Kyi The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
Bashar al-AssadBashar al-Assad Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.
Ama Ata AidooAma Ata Aidoo To endow clock time with numinous meaning [is] hardly a fit occupation for an intelligent person.
Alan McGlashanAlan McGlashan I’m an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like.
Barbara KrugerBarbara Kruger If there’s anything mean in a feller, a litter authority will bring it out.
Kin HubbardKin Hubbard I don’t know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It’s like doing Wag The Dog – we took a thing that was almost completely absurd on one level, and then ultimately those things came about.
Barry LevinsonBarry Levinson Everybody grows up with comedy. I mean, Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing.
Bassem YoussefBassem Youssef