#meaner

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. ↗

— William Cowper

#every step #his #his way #instinct #known

There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served. ↗

— Jane Jacobs

#dishonest #disorder #even #exist #ignoring

That said, I have come to believe that the more committed one is to leftism, the more likely one is to become meaner. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#believe #come #committed #i #likely

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#meaner #motives #never #opponent #own

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion. ↗

— Robert Redford

#business #every #failures #first #first of all

I am growing meaner by the hour. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#growing #hour #i #i am #meaner