5,159 Quotes About Mean

  • Author Patti Smith
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    People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti...

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  • Author Patrick Stump
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    I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.

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  • Author Patti Stanger
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    Successful men don't date up. They are intimidated by wealthy women unless they are blue bloods. Successful men want to always take care of their women, and that means financially.

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  • Author Patti Stanger
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    If you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you're over 40 you're actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you'll do it again.

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  • Author Paul Strand
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    The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that person photographed to other people in such a way that they don't have to know that person personally, but that they are still confronted with a human being that they won't forget. That's a portrait.

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  • Author Paul Stanley
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    I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.

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  • Author Pauly Shore
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    I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

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  • Author Peter Sarsgaard
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    I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

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  • Author Peter Senge
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    The problems with willpower are many, but they may hardly be noticed by the person focused narrowly on success. First, there is little economy of means; in systems thinking terms, we act without leverage. We attain our goals, but the effort is enormous and we may find ourselves exhausted and wondering if it was worth it when we have succeeded. Ironically, people hooked on willpower may actually look for obstacles to overcome, dragons to slay, and enemies to vanquish--to remind themselves and others of their own prowess.

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