Mean Quotes
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I feel most people’s sexuality is enormously complicated. That’s what it means to be human. Wouldn’t it be great if we honored that complexity rather than turn it into gossip or ridicule? Wouldn’t it be great if we accepted sexual diversity, in ourselves and others, without condemning it?
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.
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The slavery of Negroes in the South was not usually a deliberately cruel and oppressive system. It did not mean systematic starvation or murder.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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Like, I mean I don't even know why you girls bother at this point. Like give it up, it's me. I win and you lose.
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It's probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn't even try, where would we be today?
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Some of the more fatuous flag-waving Americans are in danger of forgetting that you can't extract gratitude as you would extract a tooth; that unless friendship is freely given, it means nothing and less than nothing.
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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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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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that when I say I don’t read reviews, I mean I don’t read reviews.
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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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Father or stepfather – those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.
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I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job.
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You never read Spider-Man? Accepting your true identity means understanding that you are a stranger to this world. A freak, ostracized by the very people you want to help.
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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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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I always think of a voice as an instrument, whether a voice is a trumpet, or violin, or bass. You know what I mean? A horn or wind instrument versus a string instrument. Horn instruments are definitely more toward jazz.
