Means Quotes

If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography.

Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we should read the bills and work with the American people.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities.

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats.

Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.

I don't think just being skinny means necessarily anorexic.

There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means.

Epidemics historically have tended to kill the very young and the very old, but AIDS is different: Those ages 20 to 40 are most affected, which means that so far over 12 million African children have been orphaned because of AIDS.

Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

I don't know what being an Everest guide means. I am a coach, not a guide.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste.

Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!

An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."

In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.

You can't copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you're working without any real feeling.

If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million.