Quotes about mean
mean used ends
But she knew this,—that it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of life were delightful, if only they could be used as the means to some end. As an end themselves they were nothing. Anthony Trollope
mean expectations pants
Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants. An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and sing about, then let’s see something to prove it. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
mean men offering
The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling. The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live in Christ, to exist for others.
mean temptation being-free
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free
mean long long-time
It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it. Diana Ross
mean my-best-friend mixtures
Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them. I don't quite mean they're my best friends but they made me feel a mixture of shame and awe. Diane Arbus
mean two ifs
I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.
mean photographer feels
...I would never choose a subject for what it means to me. I choose a subject and then what I feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold.
mean thinking boredom
The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for what it means to me or what I think about it. You've just got to choose a subject - and what you feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold if you just plain choose a subject and do it enough.
mean magic way
There's a kind of power thing about the camera. I mean everyone knows you've got some edge. You're carrying some magic which does something to them. It fixes them in a way.
mean people dresses
Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later. Diana Vreeland
mean passion fire
You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
mean world want
This world without a leopard…I mean, who would want to be here?!
mean dresses
I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.
mean mirrors like-being-alone
I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I mean, people are like all-round mirrors, because let's face it, we don't often see ourselves all round in a mirror anyway, do we. Diana Wynne Jones
mean passion giving
I try to give myself passionately, totally, to whatever I'm observing, with as much affectionate curiosity as I can muster, as a means of understanding a little better what being human is. Diane Ackerman
meaningful reality tears
The senses don't just make sense of life in bold or subtle acts of clarity, they tear reality apart into vibrant morsels and reassemble them into a meaningful pattern.
mean people different
How can we salute - encourage the American spirit? That means many different things to many different people. Desiree Rogers
mean thinking hands
People think that I'm mean because I'm quiet, and I don't really go out places or because I don't really say too much. On the other hand, people think that I'm soft because I may not handle myself the way other people handle themselves. That's just not me. They don't know my background or none of that stuff. Derrick Rose
mean agency longing
Hope is a longing for a future condition over which you have no agency; it means you are essentially powerless. Derrick Jensen
mean rights order
To be clear, civilization is not the same as society. Civilization is a specific, hierarchical organization based on 'power over.' Dismantling civilization, taking down that power structure, does not mean the end of all social order. It should ultimately mean more justice, more local control, more democracy, and more human rights, not less.
mean fighting kissing
I wanna get back To the old days When the phone would ring And I knew it was you I wanna talk back And get yelled at Fight for nothing Like we used to Oh kiss me Like you mean it Like you miss me Cuz I know you do I wanna get back, get back I wanna get back, get back I wanna get back, get back Get Back Demi Lovato
mean-girls bullying ex-boyfriend
Everyone has the bully or the mean girl or the ex-boyfriend who tried to bring them down.
mean exercise people
Healthy living involves taking care of myself - both mentally and physically. It means surrounding myself with positive and supportive people, as well as exercising and maintaining a well-balanced diet. At this point, healthy living is just a way of life.
means regime settled
We're more settled. A new regime means changes, and things have settled down. Jimmy Smith
means negatives
We're in the sunshine. That means negatives will come out. That's OK.
mean program swim
We're getting back to the basics. That doesn't mean you won't ever see him swim those events, but they probably won't be in the program at the end. He'll be getting back to his traditional program.
mean men electric-motors
Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design and build a great cathedral? If such achievements represent anything more than the requirements of physical law, it means that science must investigate the additional controlling factors, whatever they may be, in order that the world of nature may be adequately understood. For a science which describes only the motions of inanimate things but fails to include the actions of living organisms cannot claim universality.
mean cutting science
The story is told of Lord Kelvin, a famous Scotch physicist of the last century, that after he had given a lecture on atoms and molecules, one of his students came to him with the question, "Professor, what is your idea of the structure of the atom." "What," said Kelvin, "The structure of the atom? Why, don't you know, the very word 'atom' means the thing that can't be cut. How then can it have a structure?" "That," remarked the facetious young man, "shows the disadvantage of knowing Greek."
mean venice poverty
You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live William Shakespeare
mean opportunity yield
The means that heaven yields must be embraced, and not neglected; else, if heaven would, and we will not heaven's offer, we refuse the proffered means of succor and redress.
mean
We know what we mean to this team.
mean games years
But I've been surprised over the years. I mean, someone told me the other day that maybe 360 million people have played this game in the world. That's a lot of people. Don Bluth