Means Quotes

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

I don't know what 'normal' means, anyway.

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and variety of means of destruction.

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.

The reinvention of daily life means marching off the edge of our maps.

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it.

The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer.

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Not offering this kind of guarantee means that they do not believe in their product enough, and they do not care about if a salesman is over promising or over selling their product.

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.

A very large percentage of economic activity is shifting online and it makes sense that there are more services that are going to charge. It also means there are going to be more people willing to pay.

We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.

The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

We each have a personal myth, a vision of who we really are and what we want. Health means that part of what you want is to give to others.

You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters.

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.