mean quotes

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ”

“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.”

— Aristotle

“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. ”

— Aristotle

“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ”

— Aristotle

“Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.”

— Aristotle

“By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.”

— Mark Twain

“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Silence is argument carried out by other means.”

— Che Guevara

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.”

— Antonio Banderas

“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”

— Antonio Banderas

“We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.”

— Antonio Banderas

“Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.”

— Chet Atkins

“Heaven means to be one with God.”

— Confucius

“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!”

— Confucius

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”

— Dalai Lama

“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. ”

— Winston Churchill

“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.”

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

“The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.”

— Sigmund Freud

“I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.”

— Billy Idol

“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. ”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?”

— Marilyn Monroe

mean quotes

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ”

“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. ”

“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”

“Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.”

“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. ”

“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ”

“Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.”

“By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.”

“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.”

“Silence is argument carried out by other means.”

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

“I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.”

“I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.”

“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”

“We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.”

“Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.”

“Heaven means to be one with God.”

“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!”

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”

“The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. ”

“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.”

“Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.”

“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.”

“The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.”

“Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.”

“The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.”

“I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don't have to be nice anymore.”

“The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. ”

“Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.”

“Just because you fall once, doesn't mean you're fall at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always trust yourself, because if you don't then who will?”