You mean Ellie?

That we have the vote means nothing. That we use it in the right way means everything.

— Lou Henry Hoover

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

— Joseph Stalin

The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from…

— Richard Dawkins

The one means that wins the easiest victory over reason is terror and force.

— Adolf Hitler

You have expressive nationalism, I mean very identity driven, which shaped each other a lot of that in the Middle East.

— Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

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

— Antonin Scalia

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So…

— Robert Caro

Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a…

— Rachel Johnson

We find few historians who have been diligent enough in their search for truth; it is their common method to take on trust what…

— John Dryden

I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody…

— Ben Eine

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.…

— James M. Cain

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone…

— Alexander Gordon Smith

The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean…

— John Searle

I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly about listening…

— Rae Armantrout