Mean Quotes - page 9

Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners. (John McGahern)
But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love. View quote
Amy Chua
Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her. View quote
Elizabeth Hoyt
Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll use a can of tuna and a tomato for a first course. It's a question of choosing the right recipes for the rest of the menu. View quote
Jacques Pepin
What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God. View quote
Kate Millett
Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically. View quote
Ken Follett
Weren't all books ultimately related? After all, the same letters filled them, just arranged in a different order. Which meant that, in a certain way, every book was contained in every other! View quote
Cornelia Funke
My ideas are not meant to suggest dreams or reality, but a surreal quality. View quote
Chris Van Allsburg
The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness. View quote
Chris Evans
Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "yeah, but not to hurt, to help. (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Knowledge was not meant to be locked behind doors. It breathes best in the open air where all men can inhale its essence. View quote
Louis L'Amour
It's nice to know you're working on something that will mean something to kids. View quote
Lucas Grabeel
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential. View quote
Les Brown
Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed. View quote
Irene Peter
I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean. View quote
Robert Mueller
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. View quote
Robert McCloskey
It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown. View quote
Daryl Hannah
When people say 'let's do something about it', they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you. View quote
Frank Chodorov
And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. View quote
Hu Shih
It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff. (David R. Ellis)
I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight. View quote
Anne Heche
Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport. View quote
Bill Rodgers
Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story. View quote
Bill Sienkiewicz
The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science. View quote
Bill Toomey