Really Mean Quotes

309 Really Mean quotes by 268 unique authors

You ready?" Evan asks, and he's looking at me, and I love his hair, I love his smile, I lo--"I Love You," I say, and… — Elizabeth Scott
I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language poured into my ears only… — Reif Larsen
A 'very good friend' is a dangerous category with Indian girls. From here you can either make fast progress or if you play it wrong,… — Chetan Bhagat
Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid… — Isaac Asimov
I'm only being cute here. I don't really mean it. I just wanted to make you smile. — Stephen Chbosky
I might appear confident and chatty, but I spend most of my time laughing at jokes I don't find funny, saying things I don't really… — Tabitha Suzuma
Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly,… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Sort of' is such a harmless thing to say... sort of. It's just a filler. Sort of... it doesn't really mean anything. But after certain… — Demetri Martin
The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature's thoughtful that way. — Barbara Park
She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is… — Lauren DeStefano
In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she… — Haruki Murakami
Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day? — J.R.R. Tolkien
Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid… — Richard Dawkins
When life backs you into a corner and offers you no escape, when your friends, your lover, and your family abandon you, when you're at… — Ilona Andrews
These enthusiasts often like to hang signs that say "Gone Fishin'" or "Gone Huntin'". But what these slogans really mean is "Gone Killing. — Marc Bekoff
Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough… — David Foster Wallace
And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner. — Stephen Chbosky
When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today. — Caitlin Moran
You're in a bad mood,' Skulduggery said. 'I understand. I do. You're saying things that you don't really mean. It's OK.' 'I'll kill you both.'… — Derek Landy
...but it was death that changed. People are still people. Some good, some bad. Death changed, and we don't know what death really means anymore.… — Jonathan Maberry
It’s my own fault, really. For believing in fairy tales. Not that I ever mistook them for actual historical fact, or anything. But I did… — Meg Cabot
We raise our children, especially girls, to ignore their spontaneious reactions-we teach them not to rock the societal boat...By the time she is thirty, the… — Martha Stout
Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God. — Ravi Zacharias
our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good. — Madeleine L'Engle
No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it. — R.K. Narayan

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