We Mean Quotes

140 We Mean quotes by 123 unique authors

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of… — Abigail Adams
words are like nets - we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or… — Jodi Picoult
It means we're looking one way, while following another. We're for one side and also the other. We mean what we say, but our intentions… — Amy Tan
And we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop… — Jane Austen
There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent.… — Jodi Picoult
We're all born lost, aren't we? We're all born separated from God - over and over life makes sure to inform us of this -… — Douglas Coupland
No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means… — William Faulkner
Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but too wise to… — David Levithan
I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when we use them;… — Lewis Carroll
How true it is that words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. — Theodore Dreiser
We're always sick and we just don't know it. What we mean by health is only when our constant physical deterioration is undetectable. — Steve Toltz
When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it… — Dion Fortune
Any true wizard, faced with a sign like 'Do not open this door. Really. We mean it. We're not kidding. Opening this door will mean… — Terry Pratchett
Sometimes it is only a True Friend who knows what we mean when we try to speak. Somebody who has spent a lot of time… — Cressida Cowell
‎People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the… — Francis Schaeffer
Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us… — C.S. Lewis
Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial? What do we mean when we say that heaven is in the clouds? From Jesus Christ to… — Erich von DÃ¤niken
Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast… — David Mitchell
What do we mean by saying that existence precedes essence? We mean that man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world-and… — Jean-Paul Sartre
What do we mean by "knowledge" or "understanding"? And how do billions of neurons achieve them? These are complete mysteries. Admittedly, cognitive neuroscientists are still… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
The words we read and words we write never say exactly what we mean. The people we love are never just as we desire them.… — Anne Carson
By peace we mean the capacity to transform conflicts with empathy, without violence, and creatively- a never-ending process — Johan Galtung
By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing up plans, handling… — Mao Zedong
The metaphysical doctrine of determinism simply asserts that all events in this world are fixed, or unalterable, or predetermined. It does not assert that they… — Karl Popper
For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves… — Frank Crowninshield

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