“I desperately want children. I want like four of them. But I will never have them, I mean at least with the current circumstances, living with my boyfriend.” WantMeanChildrenFourCircumstancesCurrentsMy Boyfriend Author:Owen Pallett
“There is no moral absolute, and this leads us to situational ethics, which unfortunately is being taught in public schools all over America. This means that right and wrong is dependent upon the circumstances.” MeanSchoolAmericaMoralTaughtCircumstancesEthicsAbsolutesDependentPublic School Author:Ted Cruz
“Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.” PeopleMayMeanHappensUnderstandingDoubtEventsCircumstancesExpectationsBehave Author:Epictetus
“Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.” MeanEnoughStrongBreakSupportSeeingTreeBalanceCircumstancesRootsFasterContinuingFlexibleStrong EnoughTrunksSupport MePushovers Author:Brenda Strong
“In the developing world, they don't have smartphones yet. They have the older plastic phones, but women are saving money on those, because they don't have access to banks. Having that access to digital money changes everything for her because she actually doesn't have to negotiate with her husband, which she will tell you is very hard in these circumstances, especially when the means are meager. She's expected to have money to pay for the kids' health or to help with the school fees.” WorldMeanHardHelpingKidsSchoolPayCircumstancesHusbandPhonesExpectedAccessSavingDevelopingDigitalPlasticSaving MoneyFeesSmartphones Author:Melinda Gates
“Childbearing, I mean, if there's no place to go to deliver your baby, then you're the one that's delivering in those unhealthy circumstances. Or if you can't get access to family planning, your chances of surviving and being able to bring your kids up if they come one right after the other, that locks you into a cycle of poverty.” IfsMeanKidsAbleChancePovertyBabyCircumstancesAccessPlanningCyclesLocksSurvivingUnhealthyDeliveringPlaces To GoFamily PlanningChildbearingCycle Of Poverty Author:Melinda Gates
“We've been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn't mean if you're prepared things will be better ; it's going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war.” IfsMeanWarDifficultStupidPossibilityCircumstancesPreparedStrikesFoolishDifficult Circumstances Author:Bashar al-Assad
“The important thing when you are tied down is to continue to model Christ's love. This will ensure that your words, perhaps spoken long ago, will have fresh relevance, or it will help little ones to understand what it means to live the Christian life in days to come. A life well-lived in these circumstances can be hugely useful in evangelism.” WellsMeanLittlesLongImportantHelpingChristianChristCircumstancesModelsImportant ThingsChristian LifeTiedLong AgoRelevanceEvangelismLife Well LivedDays To Come Author:Mark Dever
“When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything, then there is no point to worry. So in either case, worrying is an added suffering. But this does not mean of course that we should not be unhappy about injustice, abuse and other kinds of behavior that brings suffering upon others.” IfsNeedsShouldKindMeanDoeSufferingCoursesCan DoCasesWorryCircumstancesBehaviorAbuseInjusticeUnhappyNo PointCan Do SomethingAdverse Author:Matthieu Ricard
“You can't bullet-point Trump's political beliefs because he doesn't have them. He's got various things he wants, needs, wants to accomplish, based on circumstances at the moment, not based on a philosophy. Now, there's a foundation. The foundation for Donald Trump is "Make America Great Again." It's the greatest place on earth and we're gonna build it back up and it's gonna be the greatest no matter what, compared to whoever, it's gonna be the greatest. So, I mean, you can say that. But that's not a political philosophy. That's an objective or a series of goals.” MeanPhilosophyMomentsEarthPoliticalBeliefGoalCircumstancesVariousAccomplishPolitical Philosophy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As far as leftists are concerned, nobody should have to pay more than anybody else. Nobody should make more than anybody else. Everything is supposed to be the same. It's the only way it's fair. It's the only way feelings don't get hurt. So when circumstances like that exist, they call that anti-competitive. Anti-competitive means they can't afford it.” MeanFeelingsHurtCircumstancesConcerned Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When you are free enough to stop searching for freedom, you recognize that freedom is always here, it's your nature as timeless presence. That doesn't mean the circumstances are always free, of course.” MeanEnoughCircumstancesTimeless Author:Gangaji
“The Democrats loved Jimmy Carter, even though - and, by the way, take a look at some economic circumstances. In 1980, the economy of this country was in the tank after four years of Jimmy Carter. I mean, it was desperately bad. Unemployment was sky-high. Carter had seen us through a couple of near-depression recessions, all of this coming out of Watergate, which happened in 1972.” MeanCountryEconomyEconomicCoupleCircumstancesDemocratJimmy Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm not saying to the kids yo drop out of school, education is the most important thing first and foremost. You know, my circumstances were a little different. I needed to work to help out so I couldn't be in school. Not only that, it was getting into trouble and all that s**t. I was getting into trouble more in school than I was out of school, so I had to just go ahead and make that adjustment, so I mean realistically I always tell everybody, in my case I don't got a high school diploma, but I have two Grammys so it kinda worked out best for me.” MeanImportantDifferentHelpingKidsSchoolTroubleCircumstancesHigh School Author:Eskeerdo
“I just want to let everybody know that no matter the circumstance it doesn't mean that the outcome is gonna be what the statistic says it's gonna be. You know, I just want to show everybody that no matter what you can make your dreams come true if you work hard. Like, that's my legacy as far as that.” MeanDreamHard WorkCircumstancesLegacyDreams Come True Author:Eskeerdo
“I would argue, for perspective's sake, that the arc of a really literary work is precisely that it both intensely reflects, and simultaneously transcends the conditions of its making. I would say that is the difference between literature and other kinds of writing. That is what the literary is - it ultimately doesn't matter what his circumstances were. And the thing that you were just saying about being sympathetic to Brontë and the fact that she could only write what she wrote when she wrote it... that's true. But look at that novel, which means so much to so many people.” PeopleWritingKindMeanLiteratureNovelCircumstancesArguingSympatheticJust Saying Author:Daniel Mendelsohn
“Actually, in a lot of circumstances, the Kalashnikov is poorly used by people who are not especially good shots, or who are outright bad shots. In these cases, the rifle's weaknesses emerge. As far as accuracy goes, the Kalashnikov is stubbornly mediocre, and the ease with which it can be fired on automatic means that many people fire it on automatic when they would be better served firing a single, aimed shot. Getting shot at by a sniper is a much different experience, and far more frightening. But either experience is, to borrow your word, memorable. These memories are pretty much all bad.” PeopleMeanDifferentMemoriesCircumstancesWeaknessMemorableFrighteningMediocreAccuracy Author:C. J. Chivers
“The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western world make the great mistake of assuming that ours is the only form of good government; that democracy means what it means in the Anglo-American world and a few other places in the West, but not many others. Muslims have their own tradition on limited government. Now in Islam, there is a very strong political tradition. Because the different circumstances, Islam is political from the very beginning.” WorldMeanDifferentPoliticalStrongMistakeDemocracyCircumstancesTraditionAssumingIslamWesternVery StrongLoanLimited Government Author:Bernard Lewis
“The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.” MeanHappinessRomanceLove IsEmotionalCircumstancesActivityConceptsFemaleTrue LoveMalesManipulationRomantic LoveExploitsRomanticism Book:Sexual Politics Source: Sexual Politics
“Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.” IfsLifeFirstsMeanLongTwoAnswersMistakeEducationCircumstancesTrainingOneselfWork OutComplicatedChainsTiesInvolvingRight Answers Book:This Business of Living Source: This Business of Living
“Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances.” HumansMeanWarBornDemocracyRightsDangerCircumstancesNormalHuman RightsTerrorIsraelBritishBehaveBritainIntroducingMandates Author:Shimon Peres
“Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.” NeedsWellsMeanWould BeCultureInterestingEnvironmentModernCircumstancesCivilizationRight NowFascinatedInteresting ThingsBerlin Author:Natalie Portman
“Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances - perhaps persecution or disease or abandonment - and we conclude that we are not loved by Jesus anymore. That’s the opposite of abiding in the love of Jesus. So abiding in his love means continuing to believe, moment by moment, that we are loved.” BelieveLooksMeanMomentsJesusCircumstancesDiseaseOppositesContinuingPersecutionHis LoveAbandonmentAbidingJesus LoveLove Means Author:John Piper
“A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.” MenMindMeanUseStrongCausesJusticeLearningProgressConditionsPossibilityCircumstancesNobleAidsCeaseFactorsKicksRapidsBe A ManA Man Thinketh Book:As a Man Thinketh Source: As a Man Thinketh
“The bible says no man can take your joy. That means no person can make you live with a negative attitude. No circumstance, no adversity can force you to live in despair. As Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of wheelchair-bound President Franklin D. Roosevelt, often said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” MenFeelsMeanPersonsSaidJoyForcePresidentAttitudeWifeCircumstancesDespairNegativeAdversityBoundsInferiorsConsentFranklinEleanorWheelchairsNegative AttitudePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt Author:Joel Osteen
“Fluidity means that our black identities are constantly changing as we respond to circumstances in our families and communities of origin, and as we interact with a wider world.” WorldMeanBlackCommunityIdentityCircumstancesOur FamilyFluidity Author:Bell Hooks
“Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature’s design. Are you? Goals will help you do that. I must add, don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.” GivingMeanHelpingUseOrderGoalBornAcceptingCareersSuccessfulDesignCircumstancesAddGenesAcademicBalancedSetting GoalsSuccessful LifeMental Peace Author:Chetan Bhagat