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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
performing very-happy turn-me
I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much. Al Pacino
performing persist
I persist in performing. David Tudor
performing seems
I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way. Charles Saatchi
performing
When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating! Laura Marano
performing
I would like to do things like I did in Tanzania, going somewhere and exploring a theme and investigating as well as performing for those people. Drummond Money-Coutts
performing stage
We don't know if we're going to be performing on a stage or a classroom. Laurie Geigel
performing
I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub. Tamara Tunie
performing until
Performing didn't feel comfortable until I was about 17. I loved to sing, but I always said I would never perform because I was too scared. Seinabo Sey
performing
I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the 'negress' coming into a white-box institution. It's kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress. Kara Walker
saying-less balance would-be
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth on others. But the fact is that they are in both instances as fraudulant as he would be that exacted more than his due from his debtors, and paid less than their due to his creditors.
saying waiting
What they're saying is the conventional firms are waiting too long,
saying-and-doing quarrels poor-richard
Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted. Benjamin Franklin
saying teachers
We're just saying we want him to stay. He's saying he doesn't want any more than the teachers get.
saying technology until
We're just saying 'time out' to technology until the new year.
saying wait watch wish
We're getting a lot of e-mails saying they wish they could watch curling more often. They can't wait for Vancouver.
saying skirt
The sneaker heels thing is a myth. They were saying, 'They're like sneakers.' No, they're like heels is what they're like. That's like saying a denim skirt is like jeans. It's not. Anna Kendrick
saying-no offensive said
Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass. Daniel Handler
saying seen treasury
We've seen this movie before. What Treasury is saying is pretty much of a rerun of what it said back in May.
thought-provoking house ceilings
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it? Chinua Achebe
thought-provoking giving headache
Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!
thought-provoking
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
thoughtful long battle
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has come to address its implications, as these thoughtful, battle-tested authors attempt to do. The time has long since come. David Quammen
thoughts-of-death repose
Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose. Cesare Pavese
thoughtful decision sticks
I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it. Casey Stoner
thoughtful talking going-away
That is not the best sermon which makes the hearers go away talking to one another and praising the speaker, but which makes them go away thoughtful and serious, and hastening to be alone. William Shakespeare
thoughtful perfect levels
Your Majesty would have a perfect right to strike off his head," said Peridan. "Such an assault as he made puts him on a level with assassins." "It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful. C. S. Lewis
thoughtful thinking psychics
I snuck a look to see how Eric was taking this, and he was staring at me the same way the Monroe vampires had. Thoughtful. Hungry. "That's interesting," he said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible." "Did the psychic think so? Charlaine Harris
utterance study evidence
Utterance is the evidence of foregone study. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
utterly
The expulsion, my friends, is utterly without any basis.
utterly won
The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone. Cate Blanchett
utterance clients oppression
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. Abraham Lincoln
utter
I started singing the second I could utter sound.
utterly
The revolution came so suddenly, and in a way so utterly different from what we expected.
uttered
A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
utterance form sweeping
Sweeping, confident articles on the future seem to me, intellectually, the most disreputable of all forms of public utterance. Kenneth Clark
utterance given pure
God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life. Johann Gottlieb Fichte