Famous Quotes & Sayings

James J. Gibson

The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.

We are police officers. We don't sit back and watch. We have to get out and do something. Being able to do something means a lot.

Tom Reilly

We're not going to propose a trail ... through the rifle range next year as a means to the end.

Whenever you do science it's important to know individuals. And that means you have to distinguish one from another, just like we give names to people we have to be able to give names to penguins. And we often do that with bands.

When everyone else is slowing and you're not, it means share gains.

Natalie Massenet

For Net-A-Porter and its customers, luxury means exceptional service, 24-7 - wherever they are, whenever they have time.

We're so young that when they start to press, we think that means we need to speed up.

Sathya Baba

Unity is the secret of social progress, and service to society is the means to promote it. 

Jimmy Smith

We're more settled. A new regime means changes, and things have settled down.

We're in the sunshine. That means negatives will come out. That's OK.

Tracey Emin

My work rarely comes up in secondary market, so it means that my prices stay low.

Tim Finchem

To be a former PGA Tour player typically means you're about 75 years old. They just don't stop.

Kevin Love

To me, throwback means I'm a smart player. I know how to play the game. I'm very skilled. I do a lot of things that other people don't do.

Taron Egerton

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

Timothy Noah

When a conservative praises a liberal as 'morally serious,' he means that person is less liberal than most.

Henry Garza

She probably doesn't realize what this means to our school and our program.

She might be the only senior, but she means a lot to the team.

She means a lot to me. We've been talking before and after games. I'm sure we'll keep in touch.

We're 2-2 and all that means is we're .500.

Maria Sharapova

When I do that, it means I'm not going to miss the ball.

Pete Carroll

We need to organize it better, which means they need to let us go first.

Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.

Steve Jobs

So if they want to raise the prices, it just means they're getting a little greedy.

David Wenham

My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks.

David Foster

With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses.

Dev Hynes

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

Standing as a witness in all things means being kind in all things, being the first to say hello, being the first to smile, being the first to make the stranger feel a part of things, being helpful, thinking of others' feelings, being inclusive.

Neil Innes

We weren't by any means like the Grateful Dead or something, who could just roll on and on and on.

Lemon Andersen

I'm a suspicious mulatto, which means I'm too black to be white and too white to be doing it right.

We still have two months before the special session is held, and that means we still have much time. You can read my lips,

We still don't have results ... I think it means they're all negative. If they were positive they would have published them immediately, no? After all that hassle.

Mark E. Smith

Those people are going to be evacuated today by whatever means necessary.

To know the right means of getting something done is virtually to have done it.