Mean Quotes
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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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.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.
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Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.
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I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?
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Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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For me, songwriting is something like breathing: I just do it. But that doesn't mean you're fantastic.
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Lampoon was a very collegial operation, though "collegial" usually means "friendly" and it wasn't that friendly. But we were tight, like a family.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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Just because we are wearing lipstick doesn't mean we can't kick your ass!
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Words mean what they're generally believed to mean. When Charles II saw Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time, he called it "awful, pompous, and artificial." Meaning roughly: Awesome, majestic, and ingenious.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.
