Means Quotes

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.

Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.

I think in both of those situations, it's important as an actor to learn, despite the success I had as a kid, that it's important to understand what it means to be a small fish in a big pond.

To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.

I do a show. It comes on late at night on TV. And if that means I'm a late-night talk show host, then I guess I am, but in every other regard I resign my commission, I don't care for it.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning.

The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.

Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.

I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up.

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.

I'm by no means condemning prescription medicine for mental health. I've seen it save a lot of people's lives.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others.

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

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.

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.