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Meanness Quotes (page 289)

In science, “fact” can only mean “confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.” I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less. We will hear less. Ironically, rush and more usually mean less. Mother Teresa
Milan Kundera quote: "Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because..."
Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said. Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly. Milan Kundera
Man’s first law is to watch over his own preservation; his first care he owes to himself; and as soon as he reaches the age of reason, he becomes the only judge of the best means to preserve himself; he becomes his own master. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Leonard Cohen quote: "Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it."
Don't call yourself a secret unless you mean to keep it. Leonard Cohen
Maybe what has to happen is that the individual must allow himself to be swept along, must find himself in the stream of no-choice, the single direction. This is what makes things inevitable. You use the restrictions and penalties they invent to make yourself stronger. History means to merge. The purpose of history is to climb out of your own skin. (101) Don DeLillo
John Ruskin quote: "At least be sure you go to the author to find his meaning, not..."
At least be sure you go to the author to find his meaning, not to find yours. John Ruskin
Victor Hugo quote: "This is the shade of meaning: the door of a physician should..."
This is the shade of meaning: the door of a physician should never be closed; the door of a priest should always be open. Victor Hugo
The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously. Tom Robbins
There's two dates in time. That they'll carve on your stone. And everyone knows what they mean. What's more important. Is the time that is known. In that little dash there in between. That little dash there in between Garth Brooks
I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve. Hunter S. Thompson
Woody Allen quote: "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my..."
How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size? Woody Allen
Is that not the perfect visual image of life and death? A fish flapping on the carpet, and a fish not flapping on the carpet. So powerful even a five-year old child with no concept of life and death knew what it meant. Not only did she know Emilio was dead, she knew she had killed him. So she comes running into my room, holding Emilio in both of her little hands - it was so cute - and she wanted me to make Emilio better. And I asked her, why did she step on Emilio? And she said, she didn't... David Carradine
Lao Tzu quote: "If the force of arms is considered the only means of..."
If the force of arms is considered the only means of authority, it is not an auspicious instrument. Lao Tzu
Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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