Mean Quotes - page 2

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation. (Walter Scott)
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. View quote
Thomas Edison
Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. View quote
Franz Kafka
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'. View quote
Bob Newhart
Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. View quote
Harry S. Truman
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
I love having boyfriends. A girl can wait for the right man to come along – but in the meantime that doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones. View quote
Cher
Alliance does not mean love, any more than war means hate. View quote
Francis Parker Yockey
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. View quote
Andy Rooney
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. View quote
Dorothy Day
Morality without a sense of paradox is mean. (Friedrich Schlegel)
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at. View quote
Bruce Lee
I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. View quote
William Morris
I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal. View quote
Andrew Wiles
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it. View quote
Louisa May Alcott
Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.' View quote
Cesare Lombroso
England's not a bad country. It's just a mean, cold, ugly, divided, tired, clapped-out, post-imperial, post-industrial slag-heap covered in polystyrene hamburger cartons. View quote
Margaret Drabble
A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant. View quote
Wilson Mizner
I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance. View quote
Imelda Marcos
What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding out the truth? Is the attitude of faith, of believing in something for which there can be no more than philosophic proof, the true mark of a Christian? View quote
Clifford D. Simak
Eternity's a terrible thought. I mean, where's it all going to end? (Tom Stoppard)
Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. View quote
Samuel Richardson
I meant what I said and I said what I meant. View quote
Dr. Seuss
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. View quote
George Herbert
What do you mean, you "don't believe in homosexuality?" It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary. View quote
Lea DeLaria
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