Means Quotes

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

I still don't know what Episcopalian means.

There's so many people that dislike you all the time, so when somebody loves anything that you do, you go 'Yes! Finally!' Even if it means the dyn-o-mite thing.

Of course the word chaos is used in rather a vague sense by a lot of writers, but in physics it means a particular phenomenon, namely that in a nonlinear system the outcome is often indefinitely, arbitrarily sensitive to tiny changes in the initial condition.

Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities.

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove.

We continue to resist the occupier militarily, culturally and by all means of the resistance.

You know why Madison Avenue advertising has never done well in Harlem? We're the only ones who know what it means to be Brand X.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past.

These are people who haven't gone through the legal means to becoming citizens like our forefathers did. They want all the benefits but none of the responsibilities.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

The joy of working at something to find out what it means to me is what I grew up with.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.

I fail all of the time. It means nothing.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means.

To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

This means that the search for a formula of European cooperation in connection with the League of Nations, far from weakening the authority of this latter must and can only tend to strengthen it, for it is closely connected with its aims.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

If, if more stimulus means more tax cuts to small businesses, if, if more stimulus means middle class tax cuts, then I'm for it.