“Yeah, I like working in television, a lot. I really enjoyed my time on 'Lost.' I like developing that hint of family with people. I mean, if you're on a happy set. If you're on a set where there's some sour apples, then I don't like working in television.” PeopleIfsMeanLostTelevisionYeahEnjoyedDevelopingMy TimeApplesHintsSour Author:Terry O'Quinn
“Love is such an objective thing. I mean, I can say I love my family, or I love my Diet Coke. So I guess, in different ways, yeah, I do believe in love.” WayBelieveMeanI CanDifferentLove IsMy FamilyYeahObjectivesDietsDifferent WaysCokeBelieve In LoveLove My FamilyI Love My FamilyDiet Coke Author:Emilie de Ravin
“I mean, you know, sometimes, yeah, you wish for something and you don't get quite what you wish for. But you get something bigger and better.” KnowsMeanSometimesWishBiggerYeahBigger And Better Author:Rupert Sanders
“Yeah. Iʼve always felt this way. I mean weʼre born alone, we die alone. And while weʼre here we are absolutely, completely sealed in our own bodies. Really weird. Kinda freaks me out to think about it. We can only experience the outside world through our own slanted perception of it. Who knows what youʼre really like. I just see what I think youʼre like.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayMeanBodyDiesFeltBornPerceptionYeahFreakOutside WorldReally WeirdBorn Alone Author:Tom Ford
“Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead. People used to make fun of me. They was like, "You're based." They'd use it as a negative. And what I did was turn that negative into a positive. I started embracing it like, "Yeah, I'm based." I made it mine. I embedded it in my head. Based is positive.” PeopleThinkingMeanMadeUseUsedTurnsFunTermMinesLike YouNegativeYeahScaredMade ItBeing YourselfBeing PositiveBeing AfraidEmbeddedBeing Scared Author:Lil B
“I always tell new people in show business. I say, "Look, show business pays you a lot of money, because eventually you're gonna get screwed. And when you get screwed, you will have this pile of money off to the side already." And they go, "OK, OK. OK, you ready? You ready?" "I got screwed." "You got the pile of money?" "Yeah, I'm fine." I mean, that's the way it works.” PeopleWayLooksMeanShowsSidesPayReadyFineYeahLots Of MoneyShow Business Author:Jay Leno
“If it's anything that's going to result in suffering to animals or people, then I don't think [the end] justifies the means... Yeah; but then again if you could hurt ten people to save 100 people and there was no option, what would you do? I can't really address that.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanI CanEndsSufferingHurtAnimalResultsTenYeahAddressesJustifyEnds Justify The Means Author:Ingrid Newkirk
“If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you've made, let's be fair, that means you've got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you've done. It's okay to say, "God, I wish I'd done this; yeah, but I did do that." Then it kind of balances out.” IfsWantKindMeanMadeDoneWishMistakeBalanceFairsOkayYeahGood ThingsMistakes You've Made Author:Tim Allen
“Many people are noting the difference between Hillary Clinton's friendly public appearances and her blunt and direct Twitter account. Yeah, she's nice in person, and mean on the Internet. You know, kinda like EVERYONE.” PeopleKnowsMeanPersonsDifferencesNiceInternetDirectAccountsYeahClintonAppearanceFriendlyBlunt Author:Jimmy Fallon
“The most interesting to me were Doctor Strange, because he was so mystic, and Thor, because that was really cool. I mean, I had never been able to relate to the idea of a bearded guy in the sky, you know, and I'd always really liked mythology, and with Thor, it was like Stan Lee was actually saying, "Yeah, it's okay, there really is this Nordic god, there really is something besides the bearded guy in the sky". So I loved that!” KnowsMeanIdeasAbleGuyInterestingSkyStrangeDoctorsOkayYeahMythologyRelateMost InterestingReally CoolMysticNordic Author:Trina Robbins
“There is something, yeah, I mean traditionally it's more fun to play bad guys than it is good guys and when you're playing a bad guy, yeah, the fun in it is to see how scary you can be, how horrible you can be. And it's surprising what you come up with.” MeanPlayGuyFunYeahCome UpScaryHorribleSurprisingBad GuysGood Guy Author:Bill Nighy
“Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it.” KindMeanAbleWantedPassionMinesMountainYeahInspiredDrivingClimbsMassiveClimbingHobbiesYoungstersMatterhorn Author:Andy Serkis
“Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.” IfsThinkingMeanFilmWaterSawsShotsCamerasYeahBoatKnivesMasts Author:Phillip Noyce
“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.” KnowsMeanArtSportsAttentionStudySacrificeYeahDevotionFighterPay AttentionDedicated Author:Marvin Hagler
“Smooth sailing is what I hope for. No, I'm okay with no big ups, no big downs, it's all right. Just go full steam ahead, all things well and good, yeah. I mean as a family man, all you want is, as a dad, pure happiness for your kids, that's a universal parent thing. Yeah, that's it, that's my dream, happy kids.” MenWantWellsMeanDreamBigsKidsParentDadPureAll ThingsOkayUniversalYeahSmoothSailingSteamFamily ManPure HappinessHappy KidSmooth Sailing Author:Johnny Depp
“Some of you young folks been saying to me, "Hey Pops, what you mean 'What a wonderful world'? How about all them wars all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about hunger and pollution? That aint so wonderful either." Well how about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret, yeah. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems. And then this world would be a gasser.” IfsMenWorldGivingMeanWarProblemSeemsWould BeYoungChanceSecretWonderfulMinutesThis WorldBabyListeningYeahHungerFolksPopsSolveHeyPollutionWonderful WorldBaby LoveGive It A Chance Author:Louis Armstrong
“When you talk about state of the art, that doesn't mean a damn thing. Think about it. State of the art. "This is the state of the art brush from Winsor-Newton." Yeah, but the state of the art sucks rubber donkey lungs.” ThinkingMeanArtStatesYeahDamnBrushesLungsNewtonRubberDonkeyDamn Things Author:Mike Royer
“There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and it feels like you're an ex-patriot in Paris in the 20s. You're like, 'Hey, isn't that a young Ernest Hemingway over there? Yeah, I think it is! Hey, let's go have a look and see what he's writing... It's a Gap application.'” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingLooksMeanWholeHumorFunnyYoungWalksModernLike YouYeahCoffeeHeyPostsParisShopsGapsApplicationPatriotExesBohemianCoffee ShopRetroBeatnik Author:Marc Maron
“I saw this sign posted once, it said, "Blasting Zone Ahead." Wow. Shouldn't that read: "Road Closed?" What do you mean there's a blasting zone? What am I supposed to do? "Hey-uh, you might wanna buckle up. Blasting zone coming up. Yeah. Just saw the sign. Put the helmets on back there! Yeah I think we're- (Pow!)- Oh! We're getting close! (Pow!)- Oh! This is gonna be a bad blasting zone! Remember that last one-we lost Billy?"” ThinkingMeanSaidMightFunnyLastsRememberLostSawsComedyYeahHeyZoneWowHelmetPowBuckles Author:Brian Regan
“The arresting officer, who I had literally known, all my life. You know what I mean? This guy lived four doors down the street me, in a town of less than four hundred people. *We've met.* Now, he takes me to jail, and he asks me if I have any aliases. And I was just being a smartass, and I said, "Yeah. They call me, "Tater Salad!" Seventeen years later, I'm handcuffed on a bench in New York with blood coming out of my nose, and this cop goes, "Are you Ron 'Tater Salad' White?"” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsMeanSaidFunnyGuyAsksWhiteKnownComedyFourDoorsBloodMetsTownsYeahCome UpAsk MeNosesStationsCall MeOfficersComing OutCopJust BeingThis GuySaladBenchesSeventeenArrestingSmartassAliases Author:Ron White
“When I think of Tokyo Story, yeah, it is like a novella. That doesn't mean it's not great. Some of my favorite Tolstoy works are his novellas.” ThinkingMeanStoriesYeahMy FavoriteTokyo Author:Paul Auster
“I don't think that I could have survived in my family without a naughty sense of humor; yeah, absolutely. I think my brother and I both get our senses of humor from our parents. I mean, my mother was absolutely hilarious and foul. She had the most ridiculously off color sense of humor, so that was sort of what we grew up with.” ThinkingMeanMotherParentColorBrotherGrewGrew UpMy FamilyYeahSensesMy BrotherSense Of HumorSurvivedFoulNaughty Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“There's a lot of levels of metanarrative that I like to play with. That's why I like the Ghostfacers, because we actually managed to come back off the strike with an episode that claimed that the CW wasn't able to get an episode of Supernatural done fast enough. So the prelude to 'Ghostfacers!' is the Ghostfacers going, 'Yeah, those fat-cat writers, we've got a show that's better than that bullshit anyway.' I mean, that's pretty cool in the world of metanarrative, which is, I have to admit, one of my abiding passions.” WorldMeanDoneEnoughPlayShowsAblePassionLevelsCatYeahStrikesFatsEpisodesBullshitAbidingPrelude Author:Ben Edlund
“So, yeah, I mean, there is something universal about that feeling - that 20-something, what the hell am I going to do with my life, I'm lost and my parents are freaking me out, and what's the point? Every generation has a way of making that unique, but there are certain universals of that feeling.” WayMeanFeelingsCertainLostParentHellGenerationsUniqueUniversalYeah Author:Zach Braff
“Yeah, we appreciate our women followng...and I love women. I mean, I just really love women. I love men, too, but you know it's like sometimes you look up from what you're doing and you go, 'I love women.' There's just something about them and so, just celebrate it.” KnowsMenLooksMeanSometimesAppreciateYeahCelebrateLook Up Author:Amy Ray
“I'm very religious, you know. Now, OK, if by 'religious', you mean that I go to church every Sunday, read the bible faithfully, and I listen to Debbie Boone, umm, I'm not religious in that sense... But if by 'religious' you mean that I love others and try to help them whenever possible... Again, no. But if by 'religious' you mean that I like to eat coleslaw... Yeah, OK, OK!” IfsKnowsTryingMeanHelpingChurchReligiousYeahSunday Author:Emo Philips
“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And everybody would go 'Yeah!” KnowsMeanPlayBigsPlayerSubjectsBandDown AndYeahPianoPausesMonkTrumpets Author:Ray Brown
“Um, the relationship between Thor and Sif in this movie is quite platonic. I mean, they're good buddies, they've grown up with each other, they're warriors, they fight side by side. We haven't take it to the next level yet. I'm going to throw that in there. But yeah, she kind of thinks he's a little bit pig-headed, but she loves him nevertheless, you know, she's like that's my buddy, I'll do what I can for him.” ThinkingKnowsKindMeanLittlesI CanFightingNextBitsSidesLevelsHavensLittle BitYeahWarriorPigsNeverthelessBuddyNext LevelPlatonic Author:Jaimie Alexander
“I feel like it's so, sort of representative of a generation. I mean everything that they talk about in the books are things that I get. Even like a lot of the Canadian references because I've worked in Canada a lot, so I totally know Sloan and I know, you know, all this stuff, and meeting Chris Murphy was really cool, and yeah, everything.” KnowsFeelsMeanBookStuffGenerationsYeahMeetingsCanadaRepresentativesReally CoolMurphy Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“I'd go back, yeah. I don't care, I got a kid, man - I'll sell tampons. I mean, there's no selling-out once you get a kid. I got a kid.” MenMeanCareKidsYeahSellsDon't CareSellingI Don't CareSelling OutTampons Author:Jay Mohr
“Well, when people ask where I'm from, I usually say the Midwest, because that covers both homes, in a way. Obviously I was born in Omaha, but when people say, "Where do you come from," we'll say Milwaukee. I mean Jennifer was certainly born in Milwaukee, and that's where I spent a big chunk of my adult life, so we usually say we came here from Milwaukee. That's usually how it's referenced is we're from Milwaukee, yeah.” PeopleWayWellsMeanHomeBigsAsksBornAdultsYeahChunksJenniferMidwestOmahaMilwaukee Author:Peter Buffett
“Island Records used what we built and tried to cash in on it which is so annoying. So it came time to do Carver City record and Island wanted to do it and we're just like "What's the point?" I mean, at that point they were even admitting like, "Yeah, we're just gonna do what we've always done."” MeanDoneWantedUsedCitiesRecordsBuiltYeahIslandsAnnoyingCashAdmittingCarver Author:Jess Margera
“Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture.” MeanEffortPaintingYeahDrawingSculptureExhibitions Author:PJ Harvey
“I mean, everyone has to calm down sometime. I'll still smoke up and party, but yeah, eventually you gotta settle down and be an adult. But still have fun. Demi's helped me sort of like, understand that down the road it'll just happen.” MeanStillsHappensFunPartyAdultsDown AndYeahCalmSmokeHaving FunSettlingDown The RoadSettling DownCalm Down Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Yeah, well my name is Bai Ling. That means white spirit, and I really feel like sometimes I'm not existing.” FeelsWellsMeanSometimesSpiritNamesWhiteYeah Author:Bai Ling
“It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.” PeopleMeanLongStillsSometimesToolsYeahOptimisticWorking ItHave FaithPessimistic Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“I never heard so many kids talk about just doing anything to be famous. I mean, yeah, fame is part of the deal when you're a kid and you think, I wanna go into music, but everybody that I knew was really doing it because of their love for it. I don't see so much of that anymore.” ThinkingMeanKidsDealsHeardFameYeah Author:David Bowie
“I mean, the way I'm talking, it sounds like I'm - you know, I'm about to go out and sign up for the nearest seminary, and you'll never see or hear from me again. But it's a hard thing to talk about really 'cause I'm not at all sure myself about it. But I've got a very, very simple sort of outlook to it. Yeah, that's all I can say, really.” KnowsWayMeanI CanHardCausesSoundSimpleTalkingYeahOutlookHard ThingsSeminary Author:Nick Lowe
“What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the protagonist. I feel what that guy is feeling. You know, if it's Tom Cruise leaping over a building - I want to make it, you know? And I'm going to - yes, I made it. And yeah, so I get that.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsMeanMadeFeelingsCareGuyWatchesBuildingYeahDon't CareMade ItI Don't CareTomsThat GuyCruiseProtagonistsWatch Movie Author:Meryl Streep
“Some of my friends would lie to girls to get them, or do things that - you know, they would cheat on girls. I was just never in the realm of what, you know, what's instilled to me, you know? Yeah, I mean, my mom's a social worker, for God's sakes.” KnowsMeanLyingGirlSocialMomMy FriendsYeahWorkersSakeMy MomRealmsCheatSocial Worker Author:Seth Rogen
“Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie.” ThinkingMeanYeahObsessedTone Author:Zack Snyder
“I don't want anybody to be under a misunderstanding. Donald Trump never even said the word "assassination." That was the word used by Hillary Clinton in 2008, which CNN is calling a gaffe. (impression) "But Trump meant it! Yeah, Trump, he meant it." With Hillary, "It was a gaffe! We all know Hillary Clinton, and we all know Hillary Clinton didn't really mean what she said." Yeah, right. Double standards.” KnowsWantMeanSaidUsedTrumpCallingStandardsYeahClintonImpressionMisunderstandingReally MeanAssassinationCnnDouble Standard Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You come out into the world after a season of TV and you're just swearing and saying mean things to people and they're looking at you like, Who are you? And oh yeah, you think, I have to reacclimate to the way people genuinely treat each other.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayMeanTvsTreatsSeasonsYeahSwearing Author:Maria Semple
“Yeah, people do need to realize that just because they've seen me perform for an hour does not mean that we are now close.” PeopleNeedsMeanDoeRealizingHoursYeah Author:Brad Williams
“If you create something, it really should mean something more than that to you. I had to grow into all of this though, through a learning process. I didn't wake up one day and just say, 'Yeah, that's Jlin, there it is'. That's why I said it took my entire life to make this album and it comes back to having that comfort zone - if you don't have one, the more progress you make and the more creative you become over time.” IfsShouldMeanSaidGrowsProcessCreativeProgressComfortOne DayWake UpYeahAlbumsZoneComfort ZoneLearning Process Author:Jlin
“I feel like that [the role in Star Trek] is a prime example of, yeah, I got that role and it was awesome, because it changed a lot for me professionally, but then creatively, it became a whole other thing, with J.J. [Abrams] and Chris [Pine] and the people I got to know. Now I just feel like it's our jobs to be open and to keep moving stuff forward. I don't know what that means. This is the first time in a long time that I have no idea what's happening next. As scary as that is, and as anxiety-provoking as that can still be, it's also really exciting.” PeopleKnowsFeelsFirstsMeanLongStillsIdeasWholeJobsMovingNextStarsStuffRolesExampleChangedAnxietyLong TimeHappeningsFirst TimeExcitingYeahScaryNo IdeaPrimeProvokingKeep MovingAbram Author:Zachary Quinto
“I mean, the liberal democrats aren't going to tell the average American, "Yeah, you're being shafted because of the policies that we've established over the years that we're maintaining now." That's not going to be an answer. And they're not getting answers from the left.” YearsMeanLeftAnswersPolicyYeahDemocratAverageMaintaining Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's no right way. There's no measurement system. That's why, you know, art competitions are a little confusing to me. I mean, they're lovely, but so many people are affected by different people and different things in such different ways. And yeah, it's immeasurable.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanLittlesArtDifferentYeahCompetitionLovelyDifferent WaysDifferent ThingsAffectedRight WayConfusingDifferent PeoplesMeasurement Author:Emma Stone
“I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me to give him notes. And they were all male characters, and I said, "You know what would make this character more interesting?" And he asked what - and it's this road trip between three guys, basically, one older man, one 30-year-old and a 13-year-old mechanic. And I said, "If you make the 13-year-old a girl, and you make her an Indian-American mechanic." And he said, "What do you mean?" And I said, "Yeah, don't change anything in the script about him, and just make it a her."” IfsKnowsMenGivingYearsMeanSaidCharacterTogetherGuyGirlThreeInterestingMy FriendsYeahNotesMalesScriptsIndianMechanicDon't ChangeAmerican IndianRoad TripOlder Man Author:Karla Souza
“"First female president." That's it, and that's nowhere near, by the way, as powerful or penetrating as the first African-American president. I mean, women, yeah, I mean, make the case that they've been victimized. But they can't put themselves in the same shoes as slavery's legacy for example. Now, women might try to make the case. Hillary [Clinton] might try to make the case about not being ought to be able to vote, but it ain't gonna fly.” WayTryingFirstsMeanMightAblePresidentPowerfulCasesExampleOughtFemaleVoteYeahSlaveryClintonShoesAfrican AmericanLegacyAmerican PresidentFemale President Author:Rush Limbaugh