Quotes about mean
mean oil issues
The easiest way to make something cool is to get cool people to do it. Part of this might mean the president has to forget tensions with opponents, or people like Arnold Schwarzenegger who has actually been decent with oil issues. Maybe he needs to pull some of the cool people in and make them model the right behaviors. Denis Hayes
mean men enemy
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me. Democritus
mean desire
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong. Democritus
mean men finding-happiness
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom. Democritus
mean sides grows
Everybody’s got a mean side. Just don’t feed it till it grows. Denis Johnson
mean numbers would-be
If exclusive privileges were not granted, and if the financial system would not tend to concentrate wealth, there would be few great fortunes and no quick wealth. When the means of growing rich is divided between a greater number of citizens, wealth will also be more evenly distributed; extreme poverty and extreme wealth would be also rare. Denis Diderot
mean power order
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. Denis Diderot
mean writing littles
Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me. Deborah Smith
mean people littles
Life is a matter of dealing with other people, in little matters and cataclysmic ones, and that means a series of conversations. Deborah Tannen
mean ideas people
To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued. Deborah Tannen
mean cooperation conflict
Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict. Deborah Tannen
mean laughing people
I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense. Debra Winger
mean phones cells
Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe. Dee Dee Myers
meaningful powerful thinking
We have so many different options now and ways to communicate digitally. But I don't think anything is more meaningful or powerful than a hand-written letter. Debra Messing
mean thinking two
Oh my God the fantasies are my favorite thing that we do each episode by far. And the great thing now is that instead of one an episode sometimes we do as many as two. We did one in each of the mini-series. And so far - I mean I keep thinking I can't have another favorite and then they keep topping it. Debra Messing
meaningful powerful school
So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful. Debra Messing
mean two world
Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something. Dean Rusk
mean errors mirrors
Just because a thing can't be done doesn't mean it can't be did. We all look into mirrors and see phantoms. Our error is our Eros. Why is there something instead of nothing? The answer is reckless and surreal. Dean Young
mean had-enough too-much
Just because you’ve had enough doesn’t mean you wanted too much. Dean Young
mean use spirituality
When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that is larger than yourself. Dean Ornish
mean giving advice
Yes" actually means "No" 100% of the time, when the question is "Can I give you some advice? Demetri Martin
mean thinking way
There's an old Russian saying that goes some way or another. I don't know it. I don't speak Russian. But sometimes I think about it and wonder if it's relevant to what I'm going through at the time. Probably not. I mean what do Russian know about hunger, anyway? Demetri Martin
mean villain broccoli
Villains fear me because I am unpredictable and broccoli. See what I mean? Demetri Martin
meaningful real done
It's very easy to go through your whole life and never really get anything done or have any real meaningful interactions or relationships. All of a sudden you're dead, and I'm going to say that's got to be a letdown. Demetri Martin
mean psychology structure
Recognizing the structure of your psychology doesn't mean that you can easily rebuild it. Dean Koontz
mean two perfect
I can't go on to page two until I can get page one as perfect as I can make it. That might mean I will rewrite and rewrite page one 20, 30, 50, 100 times. Dean Koontz
meaningful real believe
Zombies, vampires, Frankenstein's monster, robots, Wolfman - all of this stuff was really popular in the '50s. Robots are the only one of those make-believe monsters that have become real. They are really in our lives in a meaningful way. That's pretty fascinating to me. Daniel H. Wilson
mean people want
People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to that end. Daniel Gilbert
mean giving effort
As Carol Dweck says, “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working toward them. Daniel H. Pink
mean people modern-life
The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts. Daniel H. Pink
mean childhood brain
The human brain is by no means fully formed at birth. It continues to shape itself through life, with the most intense growth occurring during childhood. Daniel Goleman
mean knowing giving
Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them. Daniel Goleman
mean guarantees-that vocabulary
Xenial' is a word which refers to the giving of gifts to strangers. . . . I know that having a good vocabulary doesn't guarantee that I'm a good person. . . . But it does mean I've read a great deal. And in my experience, well-read people are less likely to be evil. Daniel Handler