We Mean Quotes

140 We Mean quotes by 123 unique authors

What we mean by Tao is the way or course of Nature. This way has nothing good or bad, it is a mere flowing of… — Unknown Author
Communication is not about speaking what we think. Communication is about ensuring others hear what we mean. — Simon Sinek
Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter… — John Owen
When we talk about 'reproductive rights' this is what we mean. It's the difference between people as objects, and people as agents: between regarding people… — Nafis Sadik
Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention and… — John F. Kennedy
The more love we give away, the more we have left. The laws of love differ from the laws of arithmetic. Love hoarded dwindles, but… — John Templeton
When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which… — John Bates Clark
No one can teach, if by teaching we mean the transmission of knowledge, in any mechanical fashion, from one person to another. The most that… — Socrates
Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the… — Lewis Carroll
If you understand something in only one way, then you don't really understand it at all. The secret of what anything means to us depends… — Marvin Minsky
Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what… — C.S. Lewis
Do we mean love, when we say love? — Samuel Beckett
Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us. — John Scalzi
By making us stop for a moment, poetry gives us an opportunity to think about ourselves as human beings on this planet and what we… — Rita Dove
The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike… — Winston Churchill
What do we mean by setting a man free? You cannot free a man who dwells in a desert and is an unfeeling brute. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is what we mean… — Joseph Stalin
Only one rational path is open to us - simultaneous de-development of the [overdeveloped countries] and semi-development of the underdeveloped countries (UDCs), in order to… — John Holdren
When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice. — Shunryu Suzuki
Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another. — Leonard Michaels
The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with… — Shunryu Suzuki
When liberals say 'family', they mean 'Big Brother in Washington.' When we say 'family,' we mean 'honor thy father and mother.' — Ronald Reagan
To set us on a clear path, it is important to communicate well, at least with ourselves. To know what we want, to know what… — Rosemary Altea
Our ultimate goal is extensible programming. By this, we mean the construction of hierarchies of modules, each module adding new functionality to the system. — Niklaus Wirth
Change does not fail to occur because of insincerity. The heart patient is not insincere about his wish to keep living, even as he reaches… — Robert Kegan

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