Quotes of: Meaning-of-life Keyword

Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.

John Lloyd

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

Carl von Clausewitz

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

Thucydides

Silence!” Korbolo snapped. He eyed Duiker. “You are the historian who rode with Coltaine.” The historian faced him. “I am.” “You are a soldier.” “As you say.” “I do, and so you shall die with these soldiers, in a manner no differe...

Deadhouse Gates

And I thought, y’know, I mean…this is crazy. I mean, the only thing that determines what country you belong to is where you happened to be born? What is a country, anyway? It’s not, y’know, “purple mountain’s majesty” or “fruited plai...

Indecision Now! A Libertarian Rage

Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands.

Armenian

After all, harming others means you first harm yourself.

Chinese

What really matters is:— 1. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else. 2. Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't promises, but them. 3. ...

Letters to Children

To be sure I was!' Humpty Dumpty said gaily, as she turned it round for him. 'I thought it looked a little queer. As I was saying, that SEEMS to be done right--though I haven't time to look it over thoroughly just now--and that shows that there are t...

Lewis Carroll

That's the thing about music. You get to make it mean whatever you need it to mean.

Flat-Out Celeste

'Tampopo's amazing. I think it's an absolutely fantastic movie, but I don't think it captures for me the meaning of food.

David Chang

There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.

Kenzo Tange

The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun.

John Desmond Bernal

You must thank the gods for art, those of us who have been fortunate enough to stumble onto this means of venting our craziness, our meanness, our towering disgust.

Robert Crumb

It feels so good to find out I mean everything to the person who means everything to me.

Amid the Darkness

He seemed as oblivious to it as he probably was to the meaning of the word.

The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery

Truth and untruth weave the seamless web of human nature.

The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization

What you find in the mirror you will find in the reality it mirrors.

The Illusion of Technique: A Search for Meaning in a Technological Civilization

Being gifted doesn’t mean you’ve been given something. It means, you have something to give.

I Wrote This For You

The absence of the latter means nothing, though its presence may mean everything

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Like any good Englishman, he detests emotions and prefers a healthy dose of denial and tea.

The Real Meaning of Idioms