Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.

I mean rappin’ to me is easy, it’s something you can do over a week.

Do what you do and mean it every second of the day. If you don’t, you’re living someone else’s life.

It’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Whenever anyone says, ‘theoretically,’ they really mean, ‘not really.’

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn’t mean you have to use them all in a solo.

I’ve always been the guy who doesn’t necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to say, ‘I like you, I want to go out with you, you can ask me.’ And still I...

If we’re going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don’t see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what...

I don’t mind cold water. I mean, it’s fine. Wetsuits will serve you these days; it doesn’t really matter.

There’s nobody as good as the Ramones, never will be. I mean everybody’s just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

I never, ever read the comments below an article on the Web. People are mean. I’m a human being.

I have not practiced saxophone since 1980. I mean, not one note. I do not pick it up in my house, and that’s the end of it.

I was always a writer, by which I mean I was always scribbling away, doing something with pen and paper.

I don’t know if she should worry too much, I mean some of our greatest writers have had movies made of their books, lots of Hemingway novels were turned into movies, it doesn’t hurt the...

Reality seems so simple. We just open our eyes and there it is. But that doesn’t mean it is simple.

When people tell you Web content is better than television content, they probably don’t mean that, they probably enjoy the format of the Web better than the format of TV.

I know it’s painful growing,I bet the changes was painful too.But nothing is as painful as being somewhere you don’t belong. Obviously.

My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it as a story.

I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or discussing them with directors, I find that’s my biggest challenge. Different words mean...

Just because you’re a luxury brand doesn’t mean you have to have an attitude.

I like films to have something inside, I don’t mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

Not to be mean about it, but some great rock and rollers, like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, are pretty one-dimensional.

Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying ‘the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it says is this.’

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

I mean I’ve seen 3D films so far and I think it’s a long way to go before they replace actors. It’s a funny thing with 3D, I haven’t quite got it yet. Yet.

And there are no stars and that you’re never really sure who’s doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It’s supposed to be quite elusive.

I mean, I’m not a contrarian.

Don’t do it unless you mean it.

I should be a postage stamp, because that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked. I’m beautiful. I’m fast. I’m so mean I make medicine sick. I can’t possibly be beat.

It’s strange how extras have become such a big part of the business. I don’t know what I think of it. I mean, some of them are great, most of them are filler.

Ultimately, I’m a mess. I don’t mean I’m a mess, like, emotionally – I mean, I think probably everybody’s a mess. David’s a mess. But. I’m talking about… I’m messy.

I mean, I was just one of the ones who got exposed, and because of the position I was in, where I was in my life, it went mainstream. A lot of people got out...

I just wanted to give them the ‘Lost Jewelry’ so they can say, ‘Yo, they get that’s mean.’ And then when I tell ’em, ‘Yo, that ain’t even the meal. Get ready for the meal!’...

What I look for in a voice is for it to be unique. I don’t really care if a singer sings well. Really, it’s about emotion, or being able to sing the lyrics and actually...

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

I probably could be a world-class screenwriter by now if I had spent the kind of work I devote on Comedy Death-Ray to that. But I do okay, in that regard. I mean, my stuff...

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Saying goodbye doesn’t mean anything. It’s the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it.

I recommend everyone who DJ’s to do it as a hobby and make sure you have a day job or are going to school. Only 100 DJ’s in the world make a living doing this,...

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned...

Okay. We’ve got about twenty minutes before I get mean again.’ She laughed, relieved the night was still young, ‘What are you, some kind of sex-werewolf?

I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens, never see a wild creature from dawn ’til dusk, unless it’s a pigeon, which isn’t...

I mean, a lot of my family are teachers.

Here’s the thing: I’m not beautiful. I mean, I’m a perfectly normal-looking Jewish guy. My face has never been my fortune, nor has my body… physical beauty has never been part of my equation. It’s...

When they boo you, you know they mean you.

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don’t like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself.

Just because something has tubes doesn’t mean it’s the best. I mean, tubes are obviously good, but the circuit of this thing is designed well and it sounds good.

No, we aren’t civilized, even in our business suits and high heels. People are as mean as ever, and as predictable. Underneath it all, we are not so different from what lurks in the wild,...

God, I hate judgmental people. They’re so mean…and fat.

Oh yeah, I mean every fighter has got be dedicated, learn how to sacrifice, know what the devotion is all about, make sure you’re paying attention and studying your art.