Mean Quotes - page 8

We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We return to the moment to experience it, I suppose, but we can never really find it, only its memory, the faintest imprint of what it really was, what it meant. (Colum McCann)
Could you fall in love with her if she wasn't smarter than you? I mean, she may not be smarter than you. But isn't it important for you to think she is smarter than you in order to fall in love? Think now. View quote
Michael Ondaatje
Writers are not meant for action. View quote
Manuel Puig
Mother used to say it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me. View quote
Mark Haddon
I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits? View quote
Marla Gibbs
We never choose which words to use, for as long as they mean what they mean to mean, we don't care if they make sense or nonsense. View quote
Norton Juster
My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we? View quote
Robert Ludlum
I've not had a mean life. View quote
Sissy Spacek
To be a slaveholder meant one had to regard the African American as inferior in every way. (Stephen Ambrose)
In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside. View quote
Tadao Ando
You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing. View quote
Tippi Hedren
But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something. View quote
William Goldman
The fact that so many of your people are today residents and citizens of the United States, lending their influence to our civic and economic life, which has meant so much to our development. View quote
Frank B. Kellogg
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do. View quote
Barbara Coloroso
Problem solving, and I don't mean algebra, seems to be my life's work. Maybe it's everyone's life's work. View quote
Beverly Cleary
Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do... Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose... it's like your broken. View quote
Brian Selznick
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors. View quote
Bernie Siegel
What did he mean by "society"? The plural of human beings? (Osamu Dazai)
This is what is meant by last words: they are keys to unlock the afterlife. They're not last words but passwords, and as soon as they're spoken you can go. View quote
Daniel Wallace
Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first. View quote
Derek Landy
I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast? View quote
Jeff Lindsay
Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something. View quote
John Krasinski