Quotes about mean

I never smile unless I mean it.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

I mean, I suppose when I'm in London, I'm home so I'm more comfortable.

The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny.

Romantic comedy has come to mean a couple of moderately talented actors placed in implausible situations obliged to go through a set of paces that are all too familiar, the end result being neither romantic nor comedic.

I had a lot of romantic notions about what it would mean to cross Asia by foot.

I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

Whether it's a relationship or what you're wearing, or how much you weigh and what you said when you didn't mean it, like - it's hard to be totally under the microscope.

If you say to the White House, 'Obama has been very unfriendly to Israel,' they say, 'What do you mean? It's the best military-to-military relationship ever.' And that part is true.

Abstract anger is great for rhetorical carrying on. You can go on endlessly about the post office, but it doesn't mean you're mad at your mailman.

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

I mean you might say he had a travelling post office, but also Barney was very, very active. He was a legal officer for the NAACP and they had a lot of problems after Pease.

Men promise freedom while establishing laws God promises laws while establishing freedom.

I mean, I do wear a wedding ring and take it off when I shoot.

Freedom of the press is not questioned when investigative journalism unearths scandals, But that does not mean that every classified state document should be made available to journalists.

I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.

Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61; Rod Stewart was 66; Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot sooner too.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

We must make it clear that revolution does not merely mean an upheaval or a sanguinary strife. Revolution necessarily implies the programme of systematic reconstruction of society on new and better adapted basis after complete destruction of the existing state of affairs (i.e., regime).

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Come on, baby. It’s time.”“You’re mean, Noah.”The blanket falls off her arm as I slide a finger down her shoulder. Goose bumps form along her skin at my touch. She may be cranky, but she’s responding.“A deal’s a deal,” I remind her.“I changed my mind. I’d rather sleep.” With her eyes still shut, she hunts for the cover, but I kick it off. She presses her lips together. “I’m serious. You’re the meanest person I know.”I kiss her neck then blow on the skin, pleased with the smile she’s fighting.“Do

Tell me what's emotion… and what's like… both words what do they mean?

I'm sorry I missed the meeting and hurt your little feely-weels okay?

I’m mean? That’s the worst you can throw at me?”“Mean and self-pitying. Does that make it better?”“And what are you, Astrid?” he shouted. “A smug know-it-all! You point your finger at me and say, ‘Hey, Sam, you make the decisions, and you take all the heat.’”“Oh, it’s my fault? No way. I didn’t anoint you.”“Yeah, you did, Astrid. You guilted me into it. You think I don’t know what you’re all about? You used me to protect Little Pete. You use me to get your way. You manipulate me anytime you feel

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.

If you ask me teachers really suck... but what doesn't suck is the knowledge you have these days a lot of which is free which mean that you can put it in practice.

You’re nasty and you’re loud,you’re mean enough for two,If I could be a cloud,I’d rain all day on you.

He's just... mean. Or gay.No, he's not gay. I asked...Mean it is, then.

Dear Matt, We finally made it to California, and it’s just like you told me. I feel you here with us – I think Frankie does, too.’ How dare you write about me in here! How dare you write to my brother! You think just because you fooled around a few times he cared about you? You think he wouldn’t have ditched you the second he found some new girl at Cornell? Get over yourself!

Don't be a bully, don't be meanBe a hero, don't be afraid to be seen.

Pastor Face Your Business” When people say this they mean that I must just stay behind the pulpit and preach

People use you and what do you do? You use them too.. We all are mean!

Why people use "Was" I have heard some people to say "I was a smart kid at school - Eminem", but why "Was", was is a word for describing the past... which will mean that has started and ended... so what??? How to get it now? You aren't wise, are you?

That I talk about that doesn't mean anything, that my name is like this doesn't mean anything... that I watch this and listen to this doesn't mean anything - Meaning of All By DeYth Banger

For every guy who loves being a dad, there’s another who realizes too late that he’s created something his wife loves more than him.

Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.

Good and bad lies within and without one other loses its mean and essence.

Serving others means being willing to make sacrifices for their good.

Sometimes being too nice is dangerous, you have to show your mean side once in a while to avoid getting hurt.

Sometimes doesn't mean behaving nice, means you will got the same answer, it never means that everything done in positive = returns positive.... sometimes comes and negative.

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

I think it's obvious if you're wanted here or not.""Daemon," hissed Dee, her cheeks red. She turned to me, tears in her eyes. "He's not being serious.""Are you being serious, Daemon?" Ash turned in his lap, head cocked to the side.My heart was already pounding in my chest when his eyes met mine. His were sheltered. "Actually I was being serious." He leaned over the table, staring up at me through thick lashes. "You're not wanted here."Dee spoke again, but I was beyond hearing. My face felt like

Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.

Its just human nature. People forget past and only care about their present and don't think what will happen in future...

President Trump is doing a great job of demonstrating how mean the rich can be to the poor, sick and elderly.

It was great. I mean, it's a blast directing underwater stuff.

Everyone has their own definition of a healthy lifestyle, and mine has come to mean making health a priority but not an obsession.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

'Design' is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing.

What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear.

'Kung Fury!' I mean, Jesus, that thing is amazing.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

The child's mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the conscious type, that of the child is an unconscious mind. Now an unconscious mind does not mean an inferior mind. An unconscious mind can be full of intelligence. One will find this type of intelligence in every being, and every insect has it.

Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.

I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government.

I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.

What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel?

Independence did not mean chauvinism and narrow nationalism.

Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.

Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from Congressional oversight.

Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

Unless a design is infused with a personality - and by that, I mean mine or someone else who really understands what design is all about - it will never, ever have any mystery.

Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.

Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean.

I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Good art however 'immoral' is wholly a thing of virtue. Good art can NOT be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise.

Politics organizes our lives. We can't disregard it. Politics has lot of muck, lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you have to be away from it. It's ubiquitous.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.

I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.

When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political authority.

Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.

I don't mean to be funny.

When we say 'less fortunate,' we generally mean the poor rather than the disabled, who actually are less fortunate. In truth, the poor are generally 'less fortunate' only in terms of genetics. They are certainly not less fortunate in the amount of help they receive.

I like smoking! I mean, God, I quit everything else, can't I smoke?

Chance doesn't mean meaningless randomness, but historical contingency. This happens rather than that, and that's the way that novelty, new things, come about.

It is okay to be an outsider, a recent arrival, new on the scene - and not just okay, but something to be thankful for... Because being an insider can so easily mean collapsing the horizons, can so easily mean accepting the presumptions of your province.

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative.

I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change.

My first experience in the Netherlands was very pleasant, extremely pleasant. I mean, I got my residence permit, refugee status, within four weeks of arrival. People treated me extremely well.

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.

You should have a fear of some things. That doesn't mean it incapacitates you from your ability to figure out a way to deal with it.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut.

My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.