When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn’t the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
The reason the rainbow flag endures is because people own it. It means something to them.
The scale of time for a politician runs between one primary and the next, and in Israel, this means two to three years because elections almost never take place once every four years as stipulated by law. The timetable for a system of research is completely different.
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God’s way of moving you in another direction.
I love having short hair – that means I can wear big earrings and even dresses sometimes without me feeling too feminine.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
I think the gender norms of emotion are horrendous. Being masculine means showing zero emotions, but having the choice to be angry or depressed. Being female means you are one dimensional – if you show more than that, you are a psycho, hysterical, or historically, a witch.
Fearless means trusting your instincts and clarity of thought. Once you have made up your mind, don’t be scared of what if.
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you’re not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn’t planned or counted on.
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.
Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets.
Being ‘pro-life’ means standing up for all life, valuing all life.
Each time we cooperate with God, we take one more giant step forward. Because when God asks us to change, it means that He always has something better to give us – more freedom, greater joy, and greater blessings.
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Heaven means to be one with God.
Being a defender of Real Madrid means being able to make very few mistakes.
A fiduciary standard means, basically, put the interests of the client first. No excuses. Period.
There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.
Democratic socialism means that we must reform a political system that is corrupt, that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.
Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.
To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It’s not realistic to think you can do it overnight.
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
Globalization means that business strategy and business ethics cannot be separated from each other.
I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.
Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
I have a lady, she’s a great lady. I love her a lot, she loves me. We’re on the same page. Whenever that day happens when we’re not on the same page we’ll move forward with it. We’re interested in having our lives be our lives right now and not a third person’s vis-a-vis marriage and whatever that means.
Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement.
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.
Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‘good,’ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity – or political ideology.
An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don’t think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program.
There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.
Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on all sides; that it is insignificantly small, and is borne through the stars.
Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
It is an hypothesis that the sun will rise tomorrow: and this means that we do not know whether it will rise.
It’s pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you’re not doing anything.
Luxury means that you show the way you dress with eccentricity.
Life experience is what defines our character, even if it means getting your heart broken or being lied to. You know, you need the downs to appreciate the ups. Going on the adventure or taking that risk is important.
Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a ‘hot button’ issue, this is definitely it. Don’t even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.
Post-modernism has cut off the present from all futures. The daily media add to this by cutting off the past. Which means that critical opinion is often orphaned in the present.
Economic progress, in capitalist society, means turmoil.
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail.
We must fix our broken immigration system. That means stopping illegal immigration. And it means welcoming properly vetted legal immigrants, regardless of their race or religion. Just like we have for centuries.
SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.
I don’t think just being skinny means necessarily anorexic.
To be sure, the provision of liquidity alone can by no means solve the problems of credit risk and credit losses; but it can reduce liquidity premiums, help restore the confidence of investors, and thus promote stability.
Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we’re going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating.
Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
There’s a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over – and to let go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its value.
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.
