Quotes about mean
mean competition profit-margin
What corporations fear is the phenomenon now known, rather inelegantly, as 'commoditization.' What the term means is simply the conversion of the market for a given product into a commodity market, which is characterized by declining prices and profit margins, increasing competition, and lowered barriers to entry. James Surowiecki
mean people decision
If someone really wants my company's business, why shouldn't he be able to do everything he can - including paying me off - to get that business? Because bribery encourages people to make decisions based on the wrong criteria, which means in the business world that it distorts the efficient allocation of resources. James Surowiecki
mean attention dividing
In effect, dividing your attention means that neither (or none) of the things you're working on is really getting the full effect of your intelligence, and that it in the end takes you longer than it would if you did one thing at a time. James Surowiecki
mean law mind
It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed. James Prescott Joule
mean evil poverty
A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions. James Payn
mean men humanity
A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely. James Payn
mean levels information
Interference between universes at the quantum level means that information transfer takes place between them. James P. Hogan
mean wings nine
You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record. James Patterson
mean decision leader
Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes. James Patterson
mean self homework
Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture. James Patterson
mean compassion people
I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.' James Patterson
mean love-means
Love means you can never be apart. James Patterson
mean thinking sheets
I stood there watching Phoebe arrange the pillows and the sheets. She isn't thinking that I... I mean, she doesn't think that she and I would... WHAT? James Patterson
mean son missing
When my son, Jack, was four, I had to make a trip to Los Angeles. I asked him if he was going to miss me. 'Not so much,' Jack told me. 'You're not going to miss me?' I said. Jack shook his head, and he said, 'Love means you can never be apart. James Patterson
mean kids talking
I mean, who cares about SpongeBob SquarePants? I'm sitting here with Wolverine! -random kid talking to Ari James Patterson
mean decision dying
I mean,he decided we'd be better apart,you know?it wasn't a joint decision.like, if your gonna make a decision about me and my life without consulting me,i'd better be dying and unconscious and you'd better be following carefully written instructions. James Patterson
mean voice littles
Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did. James Patterson
mean boys maybe-tomorrow
Iggy nodded. “I’m bummed we couldn’t use Big Boy,” he said. “But I don’t want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do.” “Maybe tomorrow,” the Gasman said encouragingly. “We’ll go see what havoc we’ve wreaked.” “Wrought. James Patterson
mean eye bathroom
It’s wherever you are. If it’s tapped into any of your senses, it knows where you are and what you’re doing.” Oh no, I thought, my spirits sinking. I hadn’t considered that. Did that mean nothing I did was ever anymore? “Even in the bathroom?” the Gasman’s eyes widened with surprise. James Patterson
mean play harmonicas
i play a mean harmonica James Patterson
mean love-means
Love means never having to be apart James Patterson
mean iron patents
In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam. James Nasmyth
mean men law
Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the necessity of labor for obtaining the means of subsistence, as well as the means of the greatest part of our pleasure. James Mill
mean men desire
If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been no source of dispute or of injury among men; nor would any man have possessed the means of ever acquiring authority over another. James Mill
mean rights class
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind. James Meredith
mean godly decision
To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it. James McGreevey
mean good-friend grandparent
I don't really... go to 'the opening of an envelope.' I don't really turn up to all the events, you know what I mean? If I'm involved, I'll go, and if there's a good friend who needs support, I'll go, but otherwise... I don't go. I'm probably just a bit like my grandparents; I like staying in. James McAvoy
mean thinking facts
The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically. James Mark Baldwin
mean love-is mind
Love is patient, love is kind, love means slowly losing your mind. James Marsden
mean promise trying
When God promises, He's not saying, I'll try. He means, I can and I will. James Macdonald
mean want boards
I want to be a part of the grand plan. Being on board with God's objectives means I understand that this is not about me. James Macdonald
mean heart reality
Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation. James Macdonald
mean government promise
A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking. James Madison