They Mean Quotes

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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams
The word user is the word used by the computer professional when they mean idiot. — Dave Barry
I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime. — Gary Bauer
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits… — Louisa May Alcott
If you go and talk to most people, they mean well but they don't have much of a breadth on education, of knowledge of understanding… — Benjamin Carson
When old settlers say 'One has to understand the country,' what they mean is, 'You have to get used to our ideas about the native.'… — Doris Lessing
Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be… — Brigid Brophy
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean!… — Cate Blanchett
Let us not forget such words, and all they mean, as hatred, bitterness, and rancor greed, intolerance, bigotry; let us renew our faith and pledge… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going… — Franklin P. Adams
That got me a look so intense I was unable to interpret it - like the way cats sometimes fix on you. What they mean… — Donald James
Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you. — Gale Harold
When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they don't really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step further and say,… — William Faulkner
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language. — Gail Godwin
Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin. — Chris Kamara
If they [liberals] didn't believe we were mean spirited they couldn't stay liberal. They have to believe they mean better than us, but we don't… — Dennis Prager
Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me. — Jude Law
Itâ€™s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people donâ€™t… — Sofia Coppola
I get described as 'interesting' a lot. People often call me odd, too. Maybe they mean ugly. Given the services of a plastic surgeon, I… — Anna Maxwell Martin

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