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  • I really do believe that in order to overcome our environmental shortcomings, we have to act united as a people, and that means that every individual has to participate and do their part. Certainly, we need government and legislation, but the governments really listen to people, so we all have to bring to the table our own effort or our own passion in whatever way that manifests itself.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrian Grenier Quotes , Believe Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war - to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , War Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • The river itself has no beginning or end. In its beginning, it is not yet the river; in the end it is no longer the river. What we call the headwaters is only a selection from among the innumerable sources which flow together to compose it. At what point in its course does the Mississippi become what the Mississippi means?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Mean Quotes , Rivers Quotes
  • More and more we try to effect an adaptation to life by means of external gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by conscious thinking rather than unconscious 'know-how'. This is much less to our advantage than we like to suppose.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Life Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • Method means primarily a way or path of transit. From this we are to understand that the first idea of method is a progressive transition from one step to another in any course. If in the right course, it will be the true method; if in the wrong, we cannot hope to progress.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Mean Quotes , Ideas Quotes
  • 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.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Lewis Carroll Quotes , Mean Quotes , Different Quotes
  • States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Mean Quotes , Iraq Quotes
  • In order to develop the willpower it takes to sacrifice, you must first realize that spending all your time and energy pursuing material comforts means you will eventually suffer. It's all about positive and negative consequences. It's very important to be aware that there are long-term consequences [for every action].
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Mean Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes
  • Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Rudyard Kipling Quotes , Mean Quotes , Men Quotes
  • If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other people's opinions. Of course, this may be only an exaggerated way of stating the prosaic truth that reputation, that is, the opinion others have of us, is indispensable if we are to make any progress in the world.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes , Mean Quotes , People Quotes