Meant Quotes

'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.

I try to maintain the perspective that life is meant to be laughed at.

This is your moment. You're meant to be here.

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

But I don't sit down and think: this is meant for children.

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

I never could make out what those damn dots meant.

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

I'm meant for California.

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

Acting meant so much to me.

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

Shakespeare was not meant for taverns, nor for tavern louts.

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

In the subprime mortgage industry, bankers handed out iffy loans like candy at a parade because such loans meant revenue and, hence, bonuses for executives in the here-and-now.

I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

In some strange way, this was meant to be.

I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

I wasn't meant to be an attorney, but I was meant to go to law school.

Trophies and medals have never meant much to me. I've had amazing experiences, which let you feel like you've accomplished something.

Villains are meant to be hated.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

I know being on a major label is meant to be antiquated, but we're fine with it.

I guess I just wasn't meant to dance.

Deadlines are meant to be broken. And I just keep breaking them.

Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.

That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world.

Life has a way of working out the way it's meant to.

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive.

Poker is meant to be enjoyed.

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.

Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life.

I never meant to antagonize anyone.

And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or telltale.

Things tend to come when they are meant to come. I know that sounds kind of like spiritual and cheesy, but I think things come when they're meant to come.

Writers are not meant for action.

This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.

I know better than to read reviews but I do it anyway. Somebody described my pacing as 'glacial.' I wasn't thrilled, but I think they meant it in a not entirely unflattering way.

I'm a strong believer in 'everything is meant to be for a reason.'

My Bond character was meant to look like a virgin. I don't think they do that very often.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'

I'm open to whatever is meant to be, it will be.

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

Some people just aren't meant to be happy.

I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little frustrating because there aren't that many roles out there for height-challenged actors.

I was not naturally meant to be on stage.

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this was a republic, not a democracy, and knew what they meant when they made that distinction.

I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant.