Really Mean Quotes - Page 2

• She smiles at our husband as she moves, and he blushes, overcome by her beauty. But I know what her smile really means...Her smile is her revenge.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Husband, Revenge, Moving

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• The No. 1 question I get is, "Do you believe in an open-borders policy?" I'm like, wait a second: What does that really mean? When you say open-borders policy, do you mean that - this is like the US-Mexico border? We put up a sign that says "Keep Out," then 10 yards in we say, "Job Wanted." Is that what people mean by open borders? So that usually shuts people up. But that's the truth.

  Jose Antonio Vargas

  Believe, Mean, People

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• For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.

  Gail Collins

  Mean, Years, Hearing

  "The Fiscal Riff". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. January 2, 2013.

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• She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they’re thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they’d just accuse you of being paranoid.

  Cecily von Ziegesar

  Nice, Mean, Thinking

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• And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Mean, Playing Games, Dinner

  Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Break, Said

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You're in a bad mood,' Skulduggery said. 'I understand. I do. You're saying things that you don't really mean. It's OK.' 'I'll kill you both.' 'Hurtful things said in the heat of the moment. We're not going to hold it against you, Bison. We're all friends here.' Valkyrie nodded. 'We love you Bison.' 'We do,' Skulduggery agreed. 'You're our favourite Necromancer. You're the cuddly one.' 'Shut up,' Dragonclaw said. 'Both of you just shut up.

  Derek Landy

  Love You, Mean, Hurtful

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• Record sales don't really mean anything. For us, the pressure is imagining some 15-year-old kid in Cincinnati who buys our album and doesn't feel like he wasted his pocket money.

  Chris Martin

  Mean, Kids, Years

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• Basically no, I mean I think that it's very easy to like I say, smoke a joint or even to wear a Chairman Mao button, or do a lot of these things with out knowing what's behind it, and what it really means.

  Lester Bangs

  Mean, Thinking, Knowing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that for the benefit of the community. But they really mean that they want more power over your life - to force you to subsidize, obey and conform to their choices.

  Harry Browne

  Giving Up, Mean, Choices

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• Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid his disapproval and punishment? That's not morality, that's just sucking up, apple-polishing, looking over your shoulder at the great surveillance camera in the sky, or the still small wiretap inside your head, monitoring your every move, even your every base though.

  Richard Dawkins

  Moving, Mean, Surveillance Cameras

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• Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, "How are you, you old scoundrel!" clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

  Umberto Eco

  Mean, Serious, Sometimes

  "Don't smile when you say that" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.

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• Thank you, people who say 'Wow, you're really photogenic,' for not saying what you really mean: 'Wow, you're really ugly in person.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Thank You, Mean

  Jimmy Fallon, the Writers of Late Night (2011). “Thank You Notes”, p.181, Hachette UK

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• I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

  Mitch Albom

  Believe, Mean, Average

  CNN Interactive's Tuesday Book Chat, www.cnn.com. 2001.

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• Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically', they really mean, 'not really'.

  David Parnas

  Mean Girls, Humorous, Science

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• After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

  Reggie Jackson

  Funny, Baseball, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Now that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Mean, Use, Okay

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2012). “Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.66, Penguin

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• So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

  Dave Matthews

  Mean, Saving, Way

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• So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us. Because the planet doesn't need to be saved. It doesn't care if all the squirrels, elephants, and trees die and there's just a couple of amoebas floating around at the poles.

  Dave Matthews

  Couple, Mean, Squirrels

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• Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.

  Theresa May

  Mean, Years, Police

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• If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?

  Walter Dean Myers

  Mean, Gay, Life Is

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• It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

  Dan O'Brien

  Morning, Mean, Gold

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• I think when people mean that Discworld books have become darker they really mean the series is growing up. In 'The Colour of Magic' most of the city is set alight. It's a joke, in much the same way that the Earth is destroyed almost at the start of Douglas Adams's 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.'

  Terry Pratchett

  Growing Up, Book, Mean

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• People shouldn't call for demons unless they really mean what they say.

  C. S. Lewis

  Mean, People, Demon

  C. S. Lewis (2005). “The wisdom of Narnia”

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• People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.

  H. L. Mencken

  Atheist, Mean, People

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