Quotes about Mean Something

All names mean something. Votes: 3

Be respectful of words. They mean something. Votes: 3

To be in Vogue has to mean something Votes: 3

I like good strong words that mean something… Votes: 3

Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something. Votes: 3

The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes. Votes: 3

I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Votes: 3

I love talking about movies that mean something to me. Votes: 3

When I wear jewelry it needs to really mean something. Votes: 3

Not everything has to mean something. Some things just are. Votes: 3

youth is always sure that change must mean something better. Votes: 3

You can only offend me if you mean something to me. Votes: 3

I just want to be someone, to mean something to anyone... Votes: 3

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me. Votes: 3

Sure, I'm crazy. But that used to mean something. Now, everybody's crazy. Votes: 3

World is supposed to mean something that's self-contained. but nothing is self-contained. Votes: 3

I used to have only one name; it used to mean something. Votes: 3

Old music used to mean something. There is none of that today. Votes: 3

Gardens always mean something else, man absolutely uses one thing to say another. Votes: 3

A lyric has to mean something to me, something that has happened to me. Votes: 3

It's nice to know you're working on something that will mean something to kids. Votes: 3

To be in 'Vogue' has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation. Votes: 3

Brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will Votes: 3

If my lyrics mean something special to someone... that's the most important thing to me. Votes: 3

I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply. Votes: 3

The best feeling in the world is knowing that you actually mean something to someone. Votes: 3

When people talk to me about the weather, I always feel they mean something else. Votes: 3

Let's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something. Votes: 3

I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women. Votes: 3

Our prayers must mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God. Votes: 3

But when a girl gives a boy a dead squid - that had to mean something. Votes: 3

There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something. Votes: 3

I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Votes: 3

Symbols mean something and symbols often can spark hope and action in people particularly young people. Votes: 3

Writing music and lyrics that mean something personal to me. It's an exciting, intense, cathartic, this-is-who-I-am experience. Votes: 3

The brain. Where words mean something. The heart. Where words feel something. When both work together. Kaboom. Votes: 3

I have already spent roughly five thousand hours asleep next to you. This has to mean something. Votes: 3

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. Votes: 3

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul. Votes: 3

Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me. Votes: 3

I feel very privileged that I get to spend my life telling stories that mean something to people. Votes: 3

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you. Votes: 3

But we were interested in how our lives could mean something to the past. We sailed into the past. Votes: 3

My name, I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone. Votes: 3

Strategies are great, business models are great, but the reality is your music has to mean something to people. Votes: 3

A musician has to find a way to make his music mean something special - spiritually or however you can Votes: 3

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something. Votes: 3

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone. Votes: 3

As artists, the pleasure is to really have your work resonate and mean something. Art takes its inspiration from reality. Votes: 3

One piece of graffiti doesn't mean much. Forty pieces of graffiti might mean something... It's all about connecting the dots. Votes: 3

Auguries are oft subtle...and dangerous - thou may deem they mean one thing when they mean something else altogether. Votes: 3

We're so used to using military terminology in civilian speech that we forget those terms might mean something very specific. Votes: 3

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different. Votes: 3

If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me. Votes: 3

I obviously have a different connection to each song in a different way, and they all mean something different to me. Votes: 3

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners. Votes: 3

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different. Votes: 3

I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people. Votes: 3

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it. Votes: 3

Immigration reform should mean something else entirely. It should mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American citizens. Votes: 3

HAMM: We're not beginning to... to... mean something? CLOV: Mean something! You and I, mean something! (Brief laugh.) Ah that's a good one! Votes: 3

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present. Votes: 3

I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play interesting characters. That's really it. Votes: 3

Clothes are never a frivolity: they always mean something, and that something is to a large extent outside the control of our conscious minds. Votes: 3

You really do kind of learn a lot about a person when you watch and listen to the songs that mean something to them. Votes: 3

If you see the sunset, does it have to mean something? If you hear the birds singing does it have to have a message? Votes: 3

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience. Votes: 3

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something. Votes: 3

I can't destroy things so beautiful." "Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something. Votes: 3

We were painting by numbers, starting with the greens. Because that happened to be our favorite color. And this, we figured, had to mean something. Votes: 3

For my daughter, it's going to mean something special that Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination, and I wanted to make sure that she sees that. Votes: 3

I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to. Votes: 3

My music will mean something. I'll have my own production company. I'm doing my own movies. I have my own restaurant. I just wanna expand. Votes: 3

Averages might mean something to bureaucrats and engineers, but the sea had no struck with statistics: it was a succession of unpredictable circumstances and extremes. Votes: 3

Experiences are everything. And businesses must create experiences that mean something. If necessity is the mother of invention, then vision is the father of innovation. Votes: 3

Sometimes I say things that I can't believe came out of my mouth. Or I won't mean something and it will come out completely nonsensical. Votes: 3

For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you. Don't say surgaries, or I'm done. Votes: 3

Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films. Votes: 3

I want people to take pride in Spanish Harlem. These are people that everyone in the community could relate to... people who mean something special to us. Votes: 3

My goal is not to win a straw poll that doesn't mean something. It's to win the election that means everything for the future of the country. Votes: 3

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that. Votes: 3

The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others. Votes: 3

Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something. Votes: 3

I never get tired of signing autographs 'cause I used to do it so much in class dreaming about the day that it might mean something to somebody. Votes: 3

The ultimate quality of your life is not in your resume, but in the minds and hearts of those you mean something to because you gave yourself to them. Votes: 3

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you. Votes: 3

At this age - I'm 44 - I think life's too short. I want it to mean something to me, if I'm going to spend that much time doing it. Votes: 3

My music is a mix of everything, mostly my own life. I just write about things that mean something and that I can write about. There's no point in pretending. Votes: 3

A lot of people are promoting records that are just throw-it-agains t-the-wall-see- if-it-sticks meaningless bullshit. Everybody has the responsibility to do the right thing and promote artists that mean something. Votes: 3

Woodstock is well known because this country is so hyped on amount. It was big. Half a million people doesn't necessarily mean something is good. It just means it's big. Votes: 3

I want to make meaningful music always - I think every artist does. We want our words and melodies to mean something to people, even if it is just one person. Votes: 3

The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean that but also to mean something else. Votes: 3

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...] Votes: 3

I approach the heptathlon and life in the same way in that I not only want to be good at what I am doing, but I want it to mean something. Votes: 3

Things that came before, people and things and experiences - that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either. Votes: 3

Nothing fortified me, and simple loneliness all but destroyed me, yet I felt swamped by the belief that life must mean something- otherwise why was it there? Why was anything anything~? Votes: 3

I`m running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again. Votes: 3

The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes. Votes: 3

I want to do movies that mean something, that make people laugh and cry great movies, period-piece movies and work with the best people out there, who bring the best out of me. Votes: 3

When I play, what I see are people who mean something to me, both positively and negatively. It's my private life, in a way, what I see, and this is what I share. Votes: 3

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else. And that makes me quite nervous. Votes: 3

When kids can't afford to see it anymore maybe we'll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level. Votes: 3

I feel like these sounds are the ultimate kind of free sounds, the ultimate public domain sounds. And I feel like people put them in completely different contexts, and they mean something different to everybody. Votes: 3

Songs are about whatever you want them to be about. For me it might mean something completely different than what it means to you. So I'd say it's about whatever the listener thinks it's about. Votes: 3

I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you Votes: 3

When you get a chance to play with people - informally is one thing, but when you hook up and make something that's going to last or mean something to someone, I take it very seriously. Votes: 3

I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But you mean something to me. I will not destroy the world, because it has you in it. Votes: 3

Writing ink is the magic that allows nothing to become something. It catches the fleeting idea and seeks out the glances of those who wish to see. Even a random ink splat will mean something to someone. Votes: 3

"What does it mean if i'm afraid? Does it mean something bad is going to happen?" "No, it doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. It just means that you have the chance to be brave. Votes: 3

A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery. But it does have to be furnished with things that mean something to you. Votes: 3

The biggest misconception about me is perhaps that I film all the time and film everything randomly. The truth is I film very little and always when something excites me and seems to mean something for the film. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something. Votes: 3

If you present your dog to a veterinarian with the instruction to put him to sleep, you would normally mean something very different than you would upon taking your wife or husband to an anesthesiologist with the same words. Votes: 3

As a director, you try to do things that are going to touch the human experience somehow, and emotions that mean something to people. You search for those projects and you hope to realize the potential in a project. Votes: 3

I wanted to get to that aesthetic proposition that comes out of learning the human elements of a world, so that those notes and rhythms mean something to you besides just the academic way in which they fall in place. Votes: 3

Have you ever had the sensation of looking at someone for the first time and ever so quickly the past and future seem to fuse ? Does that not mean something ? That we felt so much, so deeply, before even speaking? Votes: 3

If love and beauty were easy to find, they would not exist.Chaos and sadness exist in order for you to find the love and beauty in them. So that love and beauty mean something.It's meant to be hard. Votes: 3

We're all born lost, aren't we? We're all born separated from God - over and over life makes sure to inform us of this - and yet we're all real: we have names, we have lives. We mean something. We must. Votes: 3

The most incredible thing about playing the songs live for people - looking out to the crowd and seeing the different reactions and the different heart-strings and the things that people are relating to that mean something to them, that's crazy. Votes: 3

Everybody wants their life to mean something, whether it's a conscious awareness or not, and that's why I've always known that the way liberals sell climate change works, because they tell people it's their fault but then they offer them redemption. Votes: 3

Everybody wants their life to mean something, whether it's a conscious awareness or not, and that's why I've always known that the way liberals sell climate change works, because they tell people it's their fault but then they offer them redemption. Votes: 3

Oh, the illusion of choice in the modern world - don't get me started. But don't you agree that the Internet has softened our brains and made us forget that 'choice' used to mean something different from selecting options from menus? Votes: 3

I don't play long parts. They must be short parts, but they've got to be parts that mean something, that matter, where people will notice when I'm on the screen, and people will remember the character after they've seen the film. Votes: 3

Yankees don't understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different. Votes: 3

We've poisoned the air, the water, and the land. In our passion to control nature, things have gone out of control. Progress from now on has to mean something different. We're running out of resources and we are running out of time. Votes: 3

Whatever you and your team decide your new brand will stand for, deliver on that promise. That's the only way you'll ever control your brand. And beware: brands always mean something. If you don't define what the brand means, your competitors will. Votes: 3

The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary government mean something, to consult together. Let me, then, speak in truth and earnestness while time remains. Votes: 3

Advice may not be good advice 10 or 15 years from now. Someone could tell you something years ago and it might not work now. The world is constantly changing. One word could mean something different today. Today you can't give advice to anyone. Votes: 3

I don't want to sound like I'm trying to be too deep about it, but when we play shows, music takes everybody on their own journey - because one song might mean something to me, that means something completely different to someone else. Votes: 3

I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, I want my work, my family, I want it to mean something and if you are not making someone else's life better then you are wasting your time. Votes: 3

I used to think it would be neat to play my whole career with one team. But as a baseball player you want to come to the ballpark every day knowing you have a chance to win and that the games mean something. Votes: 3

A boss should be respectful of everybody. He should still make sure everybody knows that he is the boss, without having to say it 24/7, but by him approaching you in a way that led you to know that you mean something to the company. Votes: 3

We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do. Votes: 3

The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me, so I searched my life experience and realized that acting and performing were activities that I enjoyed all aspects of. Votes: 3

It's like my having to walk down thousands and thousands of white marble stairs...and nothing but a very very blue sky, very blue...and I'd have to walk down them forever. I never thought about going up...Don't you think that must mean something? Votes: 3

I got a random tattoo the other day. It's a red triangle, which makes everyone think I'm arty, which I'm not. I used to draw red triangles all the time. It must mean something - maybe I don't know it yet. But I'll figure it out. Votes: 3

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. Votes: 3

Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully. Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; "my name means the shape I am - and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost. Votes: 3

It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that's my taste in music - my taste in chord progressions and melodies. Votes: 3

Despite the best efforts of apologists like William Lane Craig, the 'evidence' for Christianity's truth is, in truth, not the kind that science will or should ever admit. We believers mean something different by the word: something that puts faith permanently in the category of irreproducible results. Votes: 3

Probably only an art-worlder like me could assign deeper meaning to something as simple and silly as Tebowing. But, to us, anytime people repeat a stance or a little dance, alone or together, we see that it can mean something. Imagistic and unspoken language is our thing. Votes: 3

It is inconceivable to me that an ethical relation to land can exist without love, respect, and admiration for land, and a high regard for its value. By value, I of course mean something far broader than mere economic value; I mean value in the philosophical sense. Votes: 3

We are making sure that the courses we offer at MITx and HarvardX are quintessential MIT and Harvard courses. They are not watered down. They are not MIT Lite or Harvard Lite. These are hard courses. These are the exact same courses, so the certificate will mean something. Votes: 3

Every check-in should mean something. Foursquare should get smarter every time that you continue to check in. We should be able to offer special deals that you may be interested in, and we should be able to offer recommendations for the type of things you should do next. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

There's a time when people give their words to each other it has to mean something. I'm a street cat. I've belonged in gangs and when you had a partner, you went down with your partner whether you won the fight or lost it. You went down together. Votes: 3

I care about the records I make and I love writing songs and some songs are really dear to me and they mean something. But the memory of making the records and the activities surrounding the records, the people involved in them is actually a bigger thing to me. Votes: 3

Intelligent Design has been hijacked by a narrow group of creationist fundamentalists in America to mean something it didn't originally mean at all. It's another form of the God of the gaps. It's bad theology in that it turns God once again into the pagan god of thunder and lightning. Votes: 3

Just because you've Googled something doesn't mean you've learned. Votes: 1

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. Votes: 1

I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different. Votes: 1

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave. Votes: 1

If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity. Votes: 1

Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do. Votes: 1

You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to. Votes: 1

Everybody's out to get something from somebody. 'Gold diggers' doesn't just mean money, it can mean time, it can mean feelings. It can mean anything when you're taking and not giving. When people don't know how to reciprocate. Votes: 1

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something. Votes: 0

Just because something is legible doesn’t mean it communicates. Votes: 0

Just because something is unspoken doesn't mean that it disappears. Votes: 0

Just because something 'is' doesn't mean that it should be. Votes: 0

Just because something didn't happen doesn't mean it isn't true. Votes: 0

Feeling passionate about something doesn't mean you have to be angry. Votes: 0

Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Votes: 0

Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean that it's nonsense. Votes: 0

Just because you can't see something, doesn't mean it's not there. Votes: 0

Just because something is easy to measure doesn't mean it's important. Votes: 0

What does it mean when something changes how it's always been? Votes: 0

Just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Votes: 0

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something. Votes: 0

[If] I'm talking about something, that doesn't mean I'm necessarily doing it. Votes: 0

Just because something is a metaphor doesn't mean it can't be real. Votes: 0

just because something is fun doesn't mean it's a waste of time. Votes: 0

When you fail to see something, that doesn't mean I'm hiding it. Votes: 0

Just because something is beautifully written does not mean it is true. Votes: 0

Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical. Votes: 0

I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something. Votes: 0

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone. Votes: 0

Nothing's as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas. Votes: 0

Just because something makes you smile or laugh ... doesn't mean it's a joke. Votes: 0

What do you mean, something important? It's the middle of the night! -Sandstorm Votes: 0

Nonintervention does not mean that nothing happens. It means that something else happens. Votes: 0

If something's not mean't for you, you won't get it, simple as that. Votes: 0

Just because you believe in something does not mean that it is true. Votes: 0

The right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Votes: 0

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. Votes: 0

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people. Votes: 0

Uncomfortable doesn't mean bad, uncomfortable simply means you're doing something you haven't done before. Votes: 0

Just because you're convicted in a court room doesn't mean you're guilty of something. Votes: 0

I mean comedy is something that's very personal and people have strong opinions about. Votes: 0

But remember. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't real. Votes: 0

Just because you're good at something, does that mean you're born to do it? Votes: 0

Just because your head knows something it does not mean that your heart agrees. Votes: 0

I never say what I mean, but I always manage to say something similar. Votes: 0

Simply because something is not visible it doesn't mean that it is not there. Votes: 0

The fact that the entire world says something does not mean it is correct Votes: 0

Finding something important in life does not mean that you must give up everything else. Votes: 0

It's something I really love to do. I mean, I don't see myself without tennis. Votes: 0

INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are words that MEAN something in Air Fighting. Votes: 0

I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week. Votes: 0

Just because something feels better than anything else, that doesn't mean it's good for you. Votes: 0

When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else. Votes: 0

I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good. Votes: 0

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should? Votes: 0

I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more. Votes: 0

I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything else. Votes: 0

Words of the jargon sound as if they said something higher than what they mean. Votes: 0

Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. Votes: 0

Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something. Votes: 0

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Votes: 0

But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening...doesn't mean it won't. Votes: 0

Something that is completely unwinnable. I mean, it becomes unwinnable if we decide to leave [Afghanistan]. Votes: 0

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. Votes: 0

Just because it’s a unique perspective doesn’t mean it can’t offer something universal. Votes: 0

Just because something's been good in the past doesn't mean it will continue to be good. Votes: 0

What does tamed mean? It's something that's been too often neglected. It means to create ties. Votes: 0

Just because a poet said something didn't mean it was true, only that it sounded good. Votes: 0

Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody. Votes: 0

Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else. Votes: 0

There's nothing that feels better than to do something nice for somebody. I mean nothing feels better. Votes: 0

For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic. Votes: 0

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant. Votes: 0

If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it, or you're up to something. Votes: 0

I think what Kanye West is going to mean is something similar to what Steve Jobs means. Votes: 0

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before. Votes: 0

Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them. Votes: 0

You mean a bad heel?" I said. "Couldn't I just, like, wear something besides sandals? No offense." -Percy Votes: 0

Just because something isn't happening for you right now, doesn't mean it won't happen. God's timing is perfect. Votes: 0

Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky. Votes: 0

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. Votes: 0

Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough. Votes: 0

I'm definitely a crier. I get really emotional if someone's being rude or says something mean about me. Votes: 0

Without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean Hell. Votes: 0

What I mean by art is the human act of doing something that connects us to someone else Votes: 0

I learned very quickly that to be angry about something does not mean anybody's gonna listen to you. Votes: 0

I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together. Votes: 0

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't. Votes: 0

There is a point you reach, I mean, when you are just something bad that happened to someone else. Votes: 0

Some opportunities are a calling. Others are a distraction. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. Votes: 0

Doing something a long time does not mean you're good. It only means you've done it a long time. Votes: 0

As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money. Votes: 0

In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all. Votes: 0

I understand travel. I understand the experience of travel. I mean there is something of the "air-conditioned gypsy" in me. Votes: 0

The fact that someone says something doesn't mean it's true. Doesn't mean they're lying, but it doesn't mean it's true. Votes: 0

If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar. Votes: 0

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want. Votes: 0

If someone calls me vain and mean, I know that he trusts me and has something to confess to me. Votes: 0

If you slip, it doesn't mean you're less valuable. It simply means that you have something to learn from slipping. Votes: 0

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper. Votes: 0

The moment you label something, you take a step-I mean, you can never go back again to seeing it unlabelled. Votes: 0

I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family. Votes: 0

I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites. Votes: 0

That's something that annoys the hell out of me-I mean if somebody says the coffee's all ready and it isn't. Votes: 0

Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example. Votes: 0

And if I'm being honest, I don't think I have an ex-boyfriend who would have something mean to say about me. Votes: 0

Just because you have a right to do something in America does not mean it is the right thing to do. Votes: 0

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to say something super complicated. I allow myself to say certain things that mean a lot to me. Votes: 0

When I say something, I mean it. The world needs to have a Palestinian state that is free and at peace. Votes: 0

The truth is, when girls are mean to you or make fun of you, it's because there's something wrong with them. Votes: 0

I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated. Votes: 0

Give your kid some credit for being smart - just because they read about something doesn't mean they will do it. Votes: 0

The fact that healthier lifestyles and advances in medicine mean that we are living longer is actually something to be celebrated. Votes: 0

If you stop someone who's talking about something being fun, and say "Well what do you mean?" it's almost impossible to answer. Votes: 0

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life. Votes: 0

Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something. Votes: 0

Whatever I did would be something they'd already done. I mean, my Dad would welcome it if I got a nose ring Votes: 0

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. Votes: 0

America's racism is among their own fellow whites. That's where sincere whites who really mean to accomplish something have got to work. Votes: 0

Just because something doesn't last forever, it doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful while it did last. It doesn't mean it wasn't important. Votes: 0

Remember, just because Microsoft can do something, doesn't mean you can. Microsoft makes their own gravity. Normal rules don't apply to them. Votes: 0

Do you have to feel something for it to be real or mean anything? Can you touch your dreams, taste your imagination. Votes: 0

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return? Votes: 0

Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence. Votes: 0

Forgiveness doesn't mean forget what happened. ... If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures. Votes: 0

Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want that to be true. Votes: 0

Being psychic does not necessarily mean seeing an event that has not yet occurred. It is rather seeing the inner nature of something. Votes: 0

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. Votes: 0

I think people are just intrigued with the supernatural. I mean, I know that I am. It's something that I find very interesting. Votes: 0

Just because I'm presented life in a certain way doesn't mean I do all these things. It's just something I choose to express. Votes: 0

Our stars are quite notorious. I mean, they don't show up on time. This is, you know, something which is very, very annoying. Votes: 0

Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes. Votes: 0

I need to fall in love with someone. Sorry - I mean fall in love with something. I need to wake myself up. Votes: 0

Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast. Votes: 0

I mean, you know, God knows everything, but I'm not quite that good. Every once in a while, something will slip by me. Votes: 0

When someone puts an end to something, it doesn't mean that he gave up, it means that thing is not taking him anywhere. Votes: 0

Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one. Votes: 0

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Votes: 0

So he's above the law because he's a celebrity or something. Just because you're Russell Crowe doesn't mean you can do whatever you like. Votes: 0

We were always getting away with something, which implied that someone was always watching us, which mean were are not alone in this world. Votes: 0

Some people are haunted by their pasts, but not my family. I mean, how can you be haunted by something that never really dies? Votes: 0

Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan. Votes: 0

I've got to do something about the way I look. I mean a girl just can't go to Sing Sing with a green face. Votes: 0

Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something. Votes: 0

What do you mean it wasn't anything? Didn't the earth move or the planets align or something? -Rose to Lissa on sleeping with Aaron Votes: 0

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything. Votes: 0

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might. Votes: 0

My ideal meal would probably be the cheesiest pasta or pizza, followed by something creamy and chocolaty. I mean, just the worst things, really. Votes: 0

It's interesting to watch people go through it in something like this. I mean, what other [then Melancholia] films do they portray depression in? Votes: 0

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing. Votes: 0

I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy. Votes: 0

Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it sell. Votes: 0

You can give joyfully only when you have found something so valuable within yourself that everything else does not mean so much to you anymore. Votes: 0

I know my music probably isn't going to matter to the public after I die, but that doesn't mean I don't have something to offer. Votes: 0

When I say something like "back when I was in high school," I usually mean: "back when I was supposed to be in high school. Votes: 0

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him. Votes: 0

There's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?". Votes: 0

I wear boxers all the time. I don't really move like a girl. I mean, unless it's time for me to get dressed or something. Votes: 0

I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things. Votes: 0

What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love. Votes: 0

If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting. Votes: 0

Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is true. Votes: 0

Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way. Votes: 0

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track. Votes: 0

I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise. Votes: 0

Listen, when you take my liberty away, you've taken away more-something more precious than life. I mean, what good is a life without liberty? Huh? None. Votes: 0

I mean Black Flag happened. I was lucky. I don't think I could have put together something with one percent of that oomph on my own. Votes: 0

To introduce something altogether new would mean to begin all over, to become ignorant again, and to run the old, old risk of failing to learn. Votes: 0

I mean, what's better than having the person you love love you? That's pretty exciting. It's pretty amazing, actually. It's like a miracle or something… Votes: 0

I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better. Votes: 0

I wanted to bring something to 'Celebrity Apprentice' to let America know that you don't have to be back-stabbing and mean-spirited in order to a challenge. Votes: 0

Dictatorships sometimes fall unexpectedly and quickly. And [Vladimir] Putin knows that for him, the loss of power doesn't mean a comfortable retirement, but something completely different. Votes: 0

Melancholy is kind of sweet sometimes, I think. It's not a negative thing. It's not a mean thing. It's just something that happens in life, like autumn. Votes: 0

But just because you bury something, that doesn't mean it stops existing. Those feelings, they'd been there all along. All that time. I had to face it. Votes: 0

Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't know you know. Votes: 0

Once I commit to something, I complete it. If I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I just have to learn how to say 'no' more. Votes: 0

That's what I mean by something grips in a canvas. The moment that happens you are then sucked into the whole thing. Like some kind of rhythm. Votes: 0

Just because you're born in a privileged family and have money doesn't mean you're happy. Happiness you can't buy. Happiness is something you need to work for. Votes: 0

I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good. Votes: 0

Being a leader doesn't mean you created something or you did something great in the past or some other person has given you any kind of authority. Votes: 0

Once you're an addict, you're always an addict, so just because I found something good to do doesn't mean I'm not going to hurt myself doing it. Votes: 0

Did you ever get fed up?' I said. 'I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something? Votes: 0

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature. Votes: 0

I was planning on starting a new file on my computer with the title "Phrases That Sound One Way to Witches but Mean Something Else to Vampires. Votes: 0

True self-reliance does not mean reliance on one's physical strength; it means reliance on something mightier, something which is less perishable... It means trusting in the spiritual. Votes: 0

I can't stand cruel people. And if I see people doing something mean to somebody else just to make themselves feel important, it really gets me mad. Votes: 0

Just because someone thinks they remember something in detail, with confidence and with emotion, does not mean that it actually happened, .. False memories have these characteristics too. Votes: 0

Tai chi does not mean oriental wisdom or something exotic. It is the wisdom of your own senses, your own mind and body together as one process. Votes: 0

The biggest challenge I have is to learn when somebody doesn't really mean what they're saying 'cause I don't say something I don't mean. I live in Literalville. Votes: 0

It's going to be okay. Words that mean nothing. really, just sounds intoned into vastness and darkness, little scrabbling attempts to latch on to something when we're falling. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The biggest challenge I have is to learn when somebody doesn't really mean what they're saying 'cause I don't say something I don't mean. I live in Literalville. Votes: 0

When I use the word spirituality, I don't necessarily mean religion; I mean whatever it is that helps you feel connected to something that is larger than yourself. Votes: 0

When I talk about doing affirmations, I mean consciously choosing words that will either help eliminate something from your life or help create something new in your life. Votes: 0

People have different ideas, emotional ideas, of what certain words mean, and they think of irony as something that's more associated with being cynical-it's kind of a put-down. Votes: 0

I learned that myth doesn't mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Interesting. Votes: 0

I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke or something; or I feel gleeful. Votes: 0

Commercial music is music that a lot of people connect to at the same time, but that doesn't mean it has to be something shallow or without personality. Votes: 0

Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying? Votes: 0

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training. Votes: 0

Now, as far as I know, nobody has ever put up the U.S.'s nuclear missiles on the Internet. I mean, it's not something I've heard about. Votes: 0

You should be nice to people because it's better to be nice to people than mean to people, not because you think there's something in it for you. Votes: 0

I just know once you're over your emotional outbursts, you'll come up with-' I mean if we even had a wheelbarrow, that would be something,' Westley said. Votes: 0

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself. Votes: 0

We may be reaching the end of the era in which individual movies meant something to people. In the new era, movies may just mean a barrage of images. Votes: 0

I believe that when you really want to do something, you should go ahead and do it. I mean, I feel fear, but I never let that stop me. Votes: 0

Just because something is told as a story and that story is part legend or myth, or feat of imagination, does not mean there is no truth in it. Votes: 0

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets. Votes: 0

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets. Votes: 0

If I'm not telling you something, it's for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn't mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn't work like that. Votes: 0

The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do. Votes: 0

It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique. Votes: 0

I mean, people think I'm too intense for baseball. I've always excelled to be the best, no matter what, but it's like people think something is wrong with that. Votes: 0

It's cool that you hear something, but what did you feel and what was your tactile and kinesthetic response to it? Those songs and creative sessions mean the most. Votes: 0

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing. Votes: 0

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love. Votes: 0

You might not agree with something, but it doesn't mean you don't need to listen to it. White people have to accept that they don't always know about racism. Votes: 0

The song can be a little bit more of the mystery and leave the whole thing open ended. But there's something really gratifying about saying exactly what you mean. Votes: 0

Just because something has tubes doesn't mean it's the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing is designed well and it sounds good. Votes: 0

Atheistic evolutionists believe that nothing created everything - a scientific impossibility. It couldn't happen. So they redefine the word 'nothing' to mean 'something,' so that in their unthinking minds, they can justify their foolishness. Votes: 0