Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the world with fantastic, supernatural creatures. It can’t just be vampires or werewolves; it has to be a whole...

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

I haven’t changed my mind about modernism from the first day I ever did it… It means integrity; it means honesty; it means the absence of sentimentality and the absence of nostalgia; it means simplicity;...

Many men beg for a job but have no clue what hard work really means.

Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it’s clear that most people,...

My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class child – one who sometimes asks me for stories of...

Immanuel Kant famously claimed that ‘he who wills the ends wills the means,’ but he never spent much time in Washington.

I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends....

I’m trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people’s perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that’s when it...

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that’s a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that...

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness,...

I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I relate to what Gov. Romney brings. I know what it means to balance a budget. I know what it means to write a paycheck and not only cash one. I know what it means...

Ninety percent of all people under 30 are in developing countries, and that means that this new access to tech, which is such a positive thing… is also a ticking time bomb of frustration… You...

Just as man can’t exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one’s rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of...

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the game. I think this builds atmosphere, though it means there’s no...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one’s liberty.

All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don’t just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you...

A guy my size needs a tremendous amount of protein on a daily basis, just to maintain peak size, strength, and performance. Basically, that means six or seven small meals a day, so I depend...

Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.

That’s a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth. And that means we’re getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber,...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

The end justifies the means. Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to get the right result.

The reason most comedies don’t win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.

I’m a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

We obsess about celebrities. We create them, build myths around them, and then hunt them and destroy them. I don’t know where it’s taking us or what it means, but I know we do it....

Wale means to arrive home. So the crown has arrived home. Akin is warrior or brave man. Nuoye is a brave man of chieftaincy and Agbaje means wealth and prosperity.

‘Vacation’ means titillating my taste buds.

Obsessional does not necessarily mean sexual obsession, not even obsession for this, or for that in particular; to be an obsessional means to find oneself caught in a mechanism, in a trap increasingly demanding and...

Being a food show and being me, I always kicked it up a notch, which means I would always elevate the spice level or the complexity of a particular dish. So, it was always like...

When I was in junior high, a foreign-history teacher started a theater class. So I got my feet wet there and through high school, so I was very fascinated with acting as a means of...

The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically.

It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they’re good at it, that means the fewest number of other people die.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely...

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.

Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.

Yes, I think that when the Bible refers to a horse or a horseman, that’s exactly what it means.

The principal role of a logo is to identify, and simplicity is its means… Its effectiveness depends on distinctiveness, visibility, adaptability, memorability, universality, and timelessness.

Avoiding offense means that we don’t accept each other as equals.

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture.

All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.

Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.

I don’t know what to do with it. I’m very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don’t have to...

I’m very ambitious, but I also love myself – which means I try to take care of myself.