Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena.

I don't think commercialization is the answer to anything. It's just one more facet of Linux, and not the deciding one by any means.

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don't want to limit myself.

I think Disney is a very interesting company, and it does have an extremely powerful means for projecting a certain way of thinking.

The goal of yoga according to Patanjali I am told is citta vrtti nirodha, which means to be silent or free from mental fluctuations.

We're no longer slaves to fear. That doesn't mean we're emotionless now, or never face fear, it just means we don't have to obey it.

If one means by style the voice, the irreducible and always recognizable and alive thing, then of course style is really everything.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I'm cool with the praise. I'm good.

Painting is a means of saying something about one's self in a beautiful or powerful way that people would like to see, but not hear.

For me, the term "literary fiction" means there's always attention paid to language, and linguistic experimentation, sophistication.

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence.

A symbol is an important thing. That is why we chose an Aztec eagle. It gives pride...When people see it they know it means dignity.

You don't really work together with Clint Eastwood. I mean, he takes the script and he shoots it - and he shoots it very faithfully.

A lot of the things I say I'm just trying to be funny... I don't really mean everything I say, because I'm not totally that airhead.

Mom says it's because she has PMS. Do you even know what that means? "I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

Nothing seemed to me more appropriate than to project an image of our time with absolute fidelity to nature by means of photography.

I may drink too much and play too loud, hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don't mean I don't respect my mama or Uncle Sam.

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.

Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.

If you play something well, I don't care what it is. I mean, I don't play an electric [violin] - I tried. It's actually interesting.

This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say so, and yet unable to see it.

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'

Take something you really don't think about: Plastics in the ocean. I mean plastics in the ocean have an enormous ecological effect.

In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.

Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.

Comedians usually are rooting for the underdog. I mean to take a shot at an underdog I think is really stupid and low and not funny.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

Meditation is the direct means of enjoying the greatest happiness and is the only means to quench the thirst for happiness on earth.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way.

The English name Jesus traces its origin to the Hebrew word Yeshua. Yeshua is a shortening of Yehoshuah, which means "Yahweh saves."

I mean, I think it would humanize Hillary [Clinton] incredibly to detail how she was involved in the family charitable organization.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.

Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means.

Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.

Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.

No black man wants a blue-eyed black child, and no white man wants a kinky-haired white child. Nature didn't mean it to be that way.

I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone.

It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll do none of them well.

Transcending mind-made limitations doesn't mean you stop being yourself. On the contrary, you become more yourself than ever before.

I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?

Why wouldn't I be able to look at you? You're not my woman and I don't even have feelings for you. You really mean nothing to me now.

You must be sure - and I mean absolutely positive - that you have the willpower to pay off those credit cards and not use them again.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

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