Quotes about mean
mean change-for-the-better
...and changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good... Patrick Ness
mean firsts coming-back
I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first. Patrick Ness
mean eye forgiving
So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?" And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. "Always," I say to him. "Every time. Patrick Ness
mean math dragons
The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know the where all that dragon food comes from, but that doesn't mean that I, as a reader, want to read a five thousand word essay about you explaining it to me. I don't need to see the math, but I can tell by the details you provide whether or not you've thought these things through to their logical conclusions. Patrick Rothfuss
mean games play
Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me. Patrick Rothfuss
mean thinking knees
Elodin looked at me. "What a remarkably honest threat," he said. "Normally they're much more growlish and gristly than that." "Gristly?" I asked, emphasizing the 't.' "Don't you mean grisly?" "Both," he said. "Usually there's a lot of, 'I'll break your knees. I'll break your neck.'" He shrugged. "Makes me think of gristle, like when you're boning a chicken. Patrick Rothfuss
mean might nonsense
It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense. Patrick Rothfuss
mean people chinese
I wanna say 'China', but I don't really mean 'China.' I just mean the places that Chinese people come from. Patrice O'Neal
mean trying wake-up
What I'm trying to do is be righteous. And when I say “righteous,” I don't mean God. You know? God- Righteous. I mean just when I wake up, I know I was honest to myself. Patrice O'Neal
meaningful laughter knowing
Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill - but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful. Patrice O'Neal
mean preparation actors
I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't mean actors are free to do whatever they like, they're always being directed. Patrice Leconte
mean passion different
What stirs my passion is making cinema, and that means doing different things, making different types of films. Patrice Leconte
mean excellence poverty
Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty. Patch Adams
mean democracy doe
I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. Park Geun-hye
meaningful psychology healthy
One of the problems with studies that examine the effects of violent imagery is that they typically use mentally healthy psychology students. If you want to do a meaningful study, show movies like Body Double and Copycat to a group of sexual psychopaths the day before you release them. Park Dietz
mean people insanity
Killers seldom meet the legal standard for insanity, which is quite different from the way most people use the word every day. Killers may be disturbed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they can't tell right from wrong or are compelled to maim or murder. Park Dietz
mean identity vampire
Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity. Park Chan-wook
mean writing email
Whatever I write in email, it doesn't mean anything. It is just words I write. Paris Hilton
mean trying airheads
A lot of the things I say I'm just trying to be funny... I don't really mean everything I say, because I'm not totally that airhead. Paris Hilton
mean issues people
I don't care about people who don't care about me. If people are negative or mean, then that's their issue. Screw them. Paris Hilton
mean names purity
My name, Paloma, means 'dove' in Spanish. It stands as a symbol of peace and purity. Paloma Picasso
mean successful thinking
Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is. Paloma Faith
mean people inbreds
It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes Oswald Chambers
mean thinking law
The first bill that President Obama signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I think it says something about his priorities that the first bill he put his name on has my name on it too. As he said that day with me by his side, 'Making our economy work means making sure it works for everyone. Lilly Ledbetter
mean grandmother age
I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on. Lillie Langtry
mean writing able
When I hit a period of not being able to write music, I get up and walk away. It's pretty mean but it's true. Lily Allen
meaningful thinking fool
Life is only as meaningful as you fool yourself into thinking it is, Lily Collins
mean self justice
Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice. Lillian Hellman
meaningful america community
To me, a person's identity is composed of both an 'I' and a 'we.' The 'I' finds itself in love, work, and pleasure, but it also locates itself within some meaningful group identity - a tribe, a community, a 'we.' America is too big and bland a tribe for most of us. Letty Cottin Pogrebin
meaningful real interesting
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize that it isn't, we start looking around for the real world. Lev Grossman
mean numbers finite-number
Definitions must contain the means of reaching a decision in a finite number off steps, and existence proofs must be conducted so that the quantity in question can be calculated with any degree of accuracy. Leopold Kronecker
mean water sanctuary
We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help. Les Aspin
meaningful moving artist
It's hard to put into words the impact of the perfect lyric, melody or contagious beat that moves you in an unexpected way. Authors, composers and artists have tried - and here we've rounded up our favorite quotes that help to begin forming structure around such an unspoken universal force. Which are most meaningful to you? If you had to sum up the power of music and sound in one sentence, what would you say?"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." Leopold Stokowski