#mean

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#better #bread #compromise #half #loaf

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#anything #conservative #conserve #conserving #could

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male? ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#device #does #even #everyone #god

Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

#children #church #employ #every #given

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#life #live #meaning #moreover #only

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film. ↗

— Sally Field

#film #getting #i #matters #me

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#assertions #being #contradicted #extremes #fear

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#get #helped #i #inhibitions #just

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#go #guitar #i #mean #most

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away. ↗

— Guy Clark

#away #blew #fiddle #i #just