Quotes about mean
mean vanity principles
To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life. Lord Chesterfield
mean people religion
Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in mixed company; it should only be treated among a very few people of learning, for mutual instruction. It is too awful and respectable a subject to become a familiar one.
mean people prudes
When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'. John Cleese
mean comedy mean-spirited
Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
mean cities earth
I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.
mean writing white
Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. John Brown
mean feelings needs
To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed. The dynamic core of your human life is grounded in your feelings, needs and drives. When these are bound by shame, you are shamed to the core. John Bradshaw
mean doe simplify
To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify. M. Russell Ballard
meaningful contribution-to-society involvement
Be involved; be informed. Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement.
mean dedication willingness
A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged. M. Scott Peck
mean responsibility organization
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
meaningful sex children
If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of sex, the hope of ambition, friendship-all that makes life alive, meaningful and significant.
mean dedication self
What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination. We know the world only through our relationship to it. Therefore, to know the world, we must not only examine it but we must simultaneously examine the examiner.
meaningful thinking praying
We skim over the surface thoughtlessly. But we must acknowledge that thinking well is a time-consuming process. We can't expect instant results. We have to slow down a bit, and take the time to contemplate, meditate, and even pray. It is the only route to a more meaningful and efficient existence.
mean men office
There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah. Lupe Fiasco
mean keys light
I mean, the greatest laugh I always get is, if darkness, right, just overwhelms the Earth one day and [Barack] Obama had the key to light, he says, "I have a bill that will bring sunlight," they'd rather live in darkness than have him bring the light. Luis Gutierrez
meaningful people stories
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people. Louise Brown
mean people alarms
How can a people who do not mean to understand death hope to understand love, and who will sound the alarm? John Cheever
mean guy phrases
Ric Flair is one of the most entertaining guys to sit down with and by entertaining I don't mean he has catchy phrases, but that he's been through so much and his experiences are so genuine I could listen to him talk all day. John Cena
mean wwe hands
Lita on the other hand, she's rated NC-17, which means No Cold sores in 17 days.
mean wwe confusing
It's unrated, which means it's too confusing to possibly put a rating on.
mean normal ust
(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you. John Boyne
mean america doe
Just because you have a right to do something in America does not mean it is the right thing to do. John Boehner
mean purpose different
To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ from one another in their different purposes, forms, and origins. ... Therefore, he who differentiates well teaches well. John Amos
mean men numbers
Among innumerable footsteps of divine providence to be found in the works of nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact balance that is maintained, between the numbers of men and women; for by this means is provided, that the species never may fail, nor perish, since every male may have its female, and of proportionable age. This equality of males and females is not the effect of chance but divine providence, working for a good end. John Arbuthnot
mean overstate replace
You can't replace these guys. You can't overstate what they mean to the party, politically and policy-wise. Jeanne Shaheen
mean maturity differences
The difference between raman and varelse is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging. When we declare an alien species to be raman, it does not mean that they have passed a threshold of moral maturity. It means that we have. Orson Scott Card
mean waiting want
Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?
mean science technology
In a way, being a Mormon prepares you to deal with science fiction, because we live simultaneously in two very different cultures. The result is that we all know what it's like to be strangers in a strange land. It's not just a coincidence that there are so many effective Mormon science fiction writers. We don't regard being an alien as an alien experience. But it also means that we're not surprised when people don't understand what we're saying or what we think.
mean passion hands
Just because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.
means needs
We feel like it needs to be done now. It means a lot to our part of the state.
mean performing saying though utter
You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You have to say it like you mean it, even though the thing you're saying is actually planned out. Ira Glass
mean businessman ability
Ephemeralization means the ability to do everything with nothing, or leverage, or doing more with less. So, as a businessman, I'm constantly ephemeralizing, figuring out how I can do more and more for less and less. Robert Kiyosaki