Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.
Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.
'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity.
Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.
There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.
We use content-addressing so content can be decoupled from origin servers and, instead, can be stored permanently. This means content can be stored and served very close to the user, perhaps even from a computer in the same room.
In my own life, I find myself doing some task - driving or playing golf - and having a conversation with my mother or father, who are both deceased. I don't know if that means I'm mentally ill, but I suspect lots of people do it. And when I hold that conversation, different images of my parents appear to me.
The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer.
Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.
I love being on stage. There's nothing better than that feeling; ever since the first time I was on stage, I was like, 'Oh, this is what it means to be fully alive and satisfied.' I don't think anything's as satisfying as a play.
War is the continuation of politics by other means.
I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
We each have a sixth sense that is attuned to the oneness dimension in life, providing a means for us to guide our lives in accord with our ideas.
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
Fewer jobs, at lower pay. That's what Obamacare means.
Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.
Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
What are the two biggest things online? Selfies and emojis. We're combining them. Instead of sending some character that means nothing with a hat - what if it was your face doing something? Me-moji.
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.
To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
It's a tremendous honor. It really is a privilege, not just a right. You're in the NFL and you wear the shield now. It means the world to me; it really is a special feeling, and my family's gotten a real kick out of it.
As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed.
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers.
As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer.
The fact that the colors in the flower have evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; that means insects can see the colors. That adds a question: does this aesthetic sense we have also exist in lower forms of life?
Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
A lot of people understand what not saying anything means, so, in effect, not saying anything is really saying a lot.
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
