We Mean Quotes

140 quotes by 123 authors

Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing — Ahdaf Soueif
Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of our own stories. — Teju Cole
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
We all know what we mean by fighting terrorism. In reality, there is total cooperation between the countries north and south of the Mediterranean against… — Javier Solana
By a great man, however, we mean a man who, because of his spiritual gifts, his character, and other qualities, deserves to be called great… — Fredrik Bajer
Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants.Â An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As… — Melody Beattie
It was play rather than work which enabled man to evolve his higher faculties - everything we mean by the word 'culture'. — Herbert Read
We lose our bearings entirely by speaking of the 'lower classes' when we mean humanity minus ourselves. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If there is no randomness in the universe, then what do we mean by chaos? — Rupert Sheldrake
If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By absolute we mean… — Francis Schaeffer
I think some combined pressure could go a long way, could establish the fact that this legislation did pass and we mean business by it.… — Major Owens
We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right… — Edwin Land
What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely… — Carl von Clausewitz
Perhaps the most significant thing a person can know about himself is to understand his own system of values. Â Almost every thing we do… — Jacque Fresco
We mean business, George Bush, ... and we're going to go to Congress and we're going to ask them, 'How many more of other people's… — Cindy Sheehan
What do we mean by the public interest? Some say the public interest is merely what interests the public. I disagree. — Newton N. Minow
When we realize how little we mean to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other — Tom DeLonge
Maturity is accepting the responsibility and totally understanding what responsibility means. So when we say, accept the responsibility for your attitude, we mean (1) become… — Thomas D
The wider world is a click away, but whether we mean to or not, we're usually filtering it out. — Ethan Zuckerman

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