We had planned all year to run lighter, lean and mean, and as we got closer and closer to Christmas, we felt with the economy, it was the right thing to do.

Tom Alfonsi

It has already gone on for an awfully long time. But that doesn't mean that it can't go on some more. You can continue to run up your debt as long as the world is willing to finance your debt.

Brad Setser

You really have to look at trends -- the daily figure or two days or three days doesn't really mean anything.

Malik Peiris

The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.

Richard Cecil

Just because we got guns pointed at our heads, doesn't mean we stop.

Doug Thomas

When I do allow myself to think about it, it's been crazy. There's no other way to put it. I mean ... crazy. But I also think everything happens for a reason. You just gotta find a way through it ... there's nothing more they can do to us.

Isaiah Stanback

Jim built this agency, and I mean that literally.

John Townsend

I think your allegiance should be to one country. I mean, she is exercising her freedom I guess, she is not breaking the rules.

Cathy Freeman

I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Dick Butkus

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Things like that mean a lot.

Jamie Mclennan

This does not mean that we're requesting the town to build a sewer.

Jon Depreter

Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'.

Andy Rooney

[Monterey County] is geographically suited for this kind of industrial development, ... Fort Ord fits the criteria. But just because it's suited doesn't mean it's right.

Sam Farr

Nah, it's just another game. I mean, yeah, I'm going back to play against my old team, but there aren't any hard feelings.

Juan Dixon

It's tragic Mr. Ash died, but it doesn't mean Tim committed a crime.

Marcus Topel

He says whatever he wants and then after that, changes the meaning of the word.

Gerard Latortue

That just means that I have been in the league for a long time, ... It only matters for people that are involved in Arena Football and it just doesn't mean anything to people outside of Arena Football.

John Kaleo

We're in an information vacuum because it's going to be another couple of days until we get a meaningful damage assessment.

David Pursell

The depiction is very meaningful whether it's the legend that is carried with it or if it's miraculous.

Kathleen Hohl

We are going to be lean and mean.

Francis Baron

It's hard for me to play golf for fun. It's serious. When I tee it up, I'm really trying to get the best out of myself. I mean it, every time I tee it up.

Sue Ertl

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning.

Roland Barthes

Villa increased their offer and we've come to an agreement on the financial front. But that doesn't mean that it's already a done deal.

Milan Baros

I mean, it's the fall, guys. Grass isn't going to grow much longer.

Paul Blount

We don't talk about the things that happened to us, ... If we didn't have some issues, I mean, what coulda been, coulda been.

Darryl Strawberry

The issue will not be solved in a week. They will not find an agreement at the G8. But this does not mean the shield will not be done. On the contrary.

Antonio Martino

Just because someone looks safe, doesn't always mean they are. Always be aware of your surroundings, pay attention to who is walking up behind you, or who seems to be paying more attention to you than they should.

Barry Tate

To be what no one ever was, To be what everyone has been: Freedom is the mean of those Extremes that fence all effort in.

Mark Van Doren

I mean, how many times does an actress get to play a school headmistress and then go out and have sex on top of a tombstone? Even when I see it now, I blush.

Andie Macdowell

Sometimes people put too much meaning into things. Liking something for pure aesthetics can be great.

Greg T. Spielberg

It's still in the hands of God. Just because I didn't get the decision I wanted today doesn't mean it won't come eventually.

Michele Stephens

I grew tired of that [pop-punk], knowing that I had something more meaningful to offer. Sound cliché? It is.

Travis Gerke

We are just happy to have skated clear and people seemed to like it. We are world champions, but that doesn't mean that everything is easy.

Tatiana Totmianina

We're not going to give up. Just because the score on the scoreboard, that doesn't mean we're not going to foul and try to get back into the game. That's what I want the girls to take from this.

John Ontjes

The findings of the report mean that Shabbir can resume bowling.

Dave Richardson

Just because you get a record deal doesn't mean you're even going to put out a record.

Citizen Cope

It won't mean a thing Saturday night, unless we make it mean something.

Andrew Taylor

By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with... the earth and the wonders thereof - the sea - the sun.

Katherine Mansfield

They called a spade an old dirty shovel, if you know what I mean.

Marcia Hovick

Obviously, the mayor feels competition and is adjusting to meet it. Does that mean he's in trouble? You can't draw that conclusion. You can draw that there's a real competition here.

Rod Shealy

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I believe that the jurors will understand the difference between murder and an act of mercy and compassion. Just because the prosecution has indicated that this is murder, that does not mean it is so.

David Gorosh

The word no Carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

Joyce Maynard

I'm not about to go out and buy a snake for a pet. I mean, I may have faced a few fears but I'm not insane.

Kristin Davis

You get 16 candidates on the stage, it turns into ... there's not a lot of meaningful information that's going to be exchanged.

Jim Terry

They're going to take everything very slow in China. It's probably going to be a decade before China is meaningful to them.

Rick Drake

He just had it bunched in his hand and it clearly didn't mean anything at all.

Susan Jones

Nobody knew exactly what it was going to do, I mean it didn't have big promotion or anything, it just happened.

Maurice Gibb

It was a meaningful 'up' round. A significant chunk of that was from the four [prior investors] stepping up.

Rob Keil

I was hoping the album would do well. But the nomination gives it a little validation, I guess. I mean, for a first project, it really did well, and I was a little surprised.

Dana Landry

My goal in this all along was to have photographers unite in something meaningful.

Jennifer Bishop

We established a beachhead of sorts -- allowed the American public to realize small doesn't have to mean cheap.

Richard Steinberg

Basically, each day is fresh to me. I mean that I look at the tasks set before me at the beginning of each day, and the checklist is brand new without the stresses of the overall workload.

Steven Arnold

They are all going to be making the same promises: more education, better economy. But if one candidate is more marketable, or comes out with a killer line, that could mean a lot.

Oscar Aguilar

Controversy over the meaning of our nation's most majestic guarantees frequently has been turbulent.

Harry A. Blackmun

I thought I was dying. I mean, if you can't swim and you're locked in a box and you don't know anyone's coming, you'd think you were dying, too.

Sandra Ranew

They may not be as important as the North American players, but it doesn't mean they're not having an impact. And they're all getting into triple play.

Graham Finnie

This ruling reaffirms that just because you call somebody a temp doesn't mean that they are not your employee.

David Stobaugh

Higher inflation will mean weaker consumer demand and that will keep core inflation under control.

Jacques Cailloux

Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely.

Backstreet Boys

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

Robert Anton Wilson

If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.

Idi Amin Dada

I have never understood jihad to mean anti-Americanism or terrorism.

John Walker Lindh

We had heard that we were going to make it, but that doesn't mean anything. I was waiting for the call Sunday night to see if we had made it. Thank God it was a good call. We believed that we deserved to get in.

Marcus Conigliaro

Always be closing...That doesn't mean you're always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always closing on the next step in the process.

Shane Gibson

A very meaningful thing you can do is bring your son to have his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall. That's where our ancient relatives came from.

Liz Davis

I suggested it was a bit mean not to invite Fidel Castro to the Palace because he's 80 as well and she didn't seem to think it was a very good idea.

John Humphrys

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

Otto von Bismarck

I mean, to know we don't have to sleep in the car or something, you know that there are people willing to put us somewhere. That's a really good feeling.

Anne Dawson

We are to introduce our people into the life of the Church, which is salvation, that they may grasp its meaning, its contents and purpose, to taste and see how good the Lord is.

Arthur Middleton

Going to bed early doesn't mean you're going to get more sleep.

Susan Rubman

Leah is good at changing her speeds up and really fooling a batter. Morgan will play infield and back Leah up, so that's always helpful. But Leah, I mean she really has the ability to put the ball anywhere and give our defense something to work with.

Jason Shirey

See, that's what I mean. We can't do things like that. We can't shoot ourselves in the foot and give things away.

Robert Massey

I mean what I featured out there tonight to allow them to get up by four runs and then add to that, it's just not going to get it done. I don't care who you're facing or who you're playing, it's not going to get it done.

Roger Clemens

We are saying if federalism is going to be approved now, it will mean the destruction of Iraq .

Salih Mutlaq

They could have been taken off the mean list if they would have just done away with that ordinance.

Michael Stoops

The more they got into this, the more it seemed they had kind of a Shakespearean history, ... By that, I mean there's love and hate, and life and death, and revenge, betrayal and greed and anger.

Rick Elice

Months may go by when we don't have much contact, and it seems we aren't as intensely involved with the district. Just because it's quiet doesn't mean we're not doing anything.

David M. Maroney

I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job - I mean, since she's been grown up.

Teresa Heinz Kerry

This is a good kid. When he gets around people that like him and he knows he doesn't have to be all mean and tough, he can just be himself. You can already see that here. There have been certain calls that in the past he would have gone all crazy. Now, he knows how to deal with it.

Steve Henderson

I tried to break my fall. Me and him were falling toward the ground, and as I grabbed him, I guess he thought I was grabbing him in an aggressive way and he tried to get aggressive, and he made us fall. I didn't want to let go because I didn't know what he'd do if I let go because he was really aggressive. I didn't mean to.

Steve Burtt

Why can't it happen now. It would mean a lot for me personally, but also for the whole United States. I know the whole crowd's behind me. I know the whole United States is behind me.

Mebrahtom Keflezighi

They should be tougher, because I mean it's just common sense. If you're going to do it, don't get caught, or at least be a little smarter about it.

Jason Lewis

Looking good on the stream doesn't mean a thing to the trout.

Jimmy D. Moore

For me, personally, it just made my career more meaningful, ... It never gets old. Any time, anywhere, I love talking about it.

Andrew Larson

You mean I have a lifetime job?

Larry Lucchino

Just catastrophic, I mean it was terrible.

Chris Eubanks

We didn't show up in the first half. (Vestaburg) was more physical, they were more aggressive. I mean we just didn't play defense in the first half.

Tom Ramon

If we do this work now, we may save 10, 15 million lives. It gives you a lot of focus. I mean, how many things in your life can you do that have that kind of impact?

Richard Gere

We didn't believe it. I'm going to be honest with you. I mean, they don't even know us.

Calvin Leblanc

I think they're good teams. Being inconsistent doesn't mean they're bad teams. We're going to prepare like they're good teams.

Mark Pearson

I hope people will see the spirituality and the meaning of life, death, light and shadow. It's my art -- it's my life.

Chiqui Ezcurra Muller

It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the family thinks the sale of the company is imminent.

Doug Arthur

We do eight episodes in nine days. Now, because there are roughly 40 actors in the show, it doesn't mean to say you're in every scene. So you bob in and bob out, a bit like a jigsaw. I've never done that before.

Ray Brooks

Well I mean it's a great recipe. I mean it's the ground beef, it's marinated with a little red wine. We've got the vegetables in there, got our champ, which is our garlic mashed potatoes baked on top.

Ray Murphy

The first one on the jaw we call 'Brutus' because he's the big mean guy, and then she has a sugar-cube size tumor on the lining of her lung.

Melissa Dover

Ethnic differences in beliefs about the meaning of illness, appropriate approaches for health management and individual responsibility for health may explain why black and Native American elders are more likely to use home remedies than white elders.

Joseph G. Grzywacz

If it is delayed a bit nothing much will affect it because this is a deadline we put ourselves, I mean the coalition and the Governing Council, just the two of us. The two of us are in these meetings ... so if we say that we can't finish it, give it a few more days. It's very logical. It won't be any problem as far as Iraq is concerned.

Mahmud Othman

People say, 'I like medium,' but what does medium mean? We do more detail.

Krisda Watanasak

For as much as that word really means. It doesn't mean much when you're talking about losing your children.

Teri Knight

I'm looking for consistency. I'm looking for solid production -- and that doesn't necessarily mean scoring.

Stan Heath

He was an incredible – I mean, incredible – high school quarterback. It's almost a shame that no one got a chance to see what this kid would have done on the next level.

Jeremy Crabtree

She did what she thought in her own professional judgment was best. She might not have been right, but that certainly doesn't mean she was criminally liable.

Joel Hirschhorn

Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever.

James Darren

I think a lot of the instincts you have doing comedy are really the same for doing drama, in that it's essentially about listening. The way I approach comedy, is you have to commit to everything as if it's a dramatic role, meaning you play it straight.

Will Ferrell

He looks big and mean, but he's not. He's a pansy.

Terry Proffit

People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there.

Freddie Mercury

It's amazing to be here. I mean, look at that.

Martin Cohen

You can't run around a guy that's 355 pounds. There's no key to getting around 'Mean' Max.

Jahmile Addae

We've put ourselves back in the playoff picture, but it won't mean a thing if we don't win our next game.

Scott Coval

Even though he's had a tragedy here, that he's made some mistakes, it doesn't mean that all the good work that he's done is forgotten.

Gary Grant

We were doing it for the right reason. We had made our point. If we did it again, our message would lose its meaning.

Jorge Cruz

We hope we will be able to announce tomorrow (Wednesday) that Egypt has now been polio-free for a year. That would mean polio is no longer considered to be endemic in Egypt.

Iain Simpson

My guess is that we set a new record for gift cards. That will mean some decent business not only this week but in January.

Anne Brouwer

I just don't think I'm that interesting. I don't think what I have to say is that interesting. To hear me go blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, who... cares?

James Gandolfini

Interestingly, from an identity standpoint, what does it mean to have a disability? Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do and nobody calls her disabled.

Aimee Mullins

God, did that put a white streak in my mother's hair! I mean, I ran away from home before it was chic to do such a thing.

Brett Somers

Just because they (Woodside) beat Hampton and we beat them doesn't mean that we beat Hampton. Tonight let us know there's a lot of basketball left to play.

Michael Gardner

It gives meaning and value to your life and also helps you have a better understanding of who you are and where you came from.

Alan Mann

I had to convince kids that this was a good place to come to. There is no reason you can't have a good program here. We have good academics, we have good facilities and we play in Clearwater, Florida. I mean, come on.

Dave Pano

I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

Venus Williams

A check would not always mean turning up something detrimental or negative.

Harvey Schiller

We have not exchanged notes for fiscal 2005, but this does not mean that the money flow itself will be stopped.

Tomohiko Taniguchi

It does by no mean ease our pain. It will never bring Eric back we will never have a son.

Gerri Flynn

I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive.

Jean claude Van Damme

Increased usage should mean more ad revenue.

Bill Grueskin

I'm very concerned. I mean, you know, this is our livelihood. I've got a lot of employees, a lot of students that are employed here. And I know they depend on their income.

Craig Inouye

I don't mean to be a diva, but some days you wake up and you're Barbara Streisand.

Courtney Love

A lot of people find it strange that we step with machetes. We're women, and that doesn't mean we can't step with machetes.

Susana Lopez

What rookies expect to start? I mean, the first pick of the draft may start. It's just turned out to be a great fit for me.

Dan Buenning

I mean, this is the year. We really want to go places. We're going to work as hard as we can to get there.

Michael Funk

Depending on the location, the bridge would mean potential economic foundation we don't have right now by opening up new commuter routes.

Bruce Maguire

He's got to have some sort of excuse not to play. I mean, serious excuse.

Retief Goosen

We stopped doing what we were doing and we let them right back in the game. Then we're tied. No matter what we did in the first few minutes it didn't mean anything.

Tim Debruycker

Blood taking care of blood. ... The member happens to be from the same ethnic group. ... They got power, you know what I mean.

Jose Rivera

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

Huey Newton

Just because some punk kids talk crap to security guards and old ladies and happen to have skateboards in their hands doesn't mean we're all that way. I've met mean security guards and mean old ladies. Anyone can be mean.

Derek Bishop

I mean, I see this stuff on TV. Everyone sees that, my mom sees that. I know as much as I know.

Rod Wilmont

At the end of the day, you're not going to be judged on how you hold your fork. It's about your ability to make a meaningful connection with your client. It's about your ability to understand where your client is coming from.

Mark Greene

If by dignified they mean that tough questions are out of bounds, I must strongly disagree.

Russell Feingold

These games are meaningful for the state. But it's even more important for the players.

Jim Sherman

That doesn't mean it's not an important option. Not every method fits every woman. Some women do like it.

James Trussell

We got what we wanted to out of today. We wanted the season to continue to mean something and now it does.

Jeff Carrow

It's a very meaningful service for those who attend. We feel like it's an appropriate time to have a service to close out the old year and launch the new one.

Allen Walker

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Antonin Scalia

I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day.

Bridget Fonda

Every creature alive lives by the Golden Rule, which they take to mean - get all the gold you can.

Noah Goldstein

I don't think we'll shave our heads but we'll be pretty mean on the day, that's for sure.

Brett Hawke

They have more. I mean, us, we're just the house.

Lisa Loconte

I mean, there's a legal dump just five miles up the road.

Ronnie Ivey

What are you going to do? They know you feel like a jerk and we've all done it. Hopefully it won't be the last time I'll ever have the pleasure of putting one in that water, because that would mean I won't be here.

Joey Sindelar

Just because he is the last man standing doesn't necessarily mean he is going to be the candidate. Other candidates are going to emerge.

Dan Olson

Making a nice run doesn't mean anything. We didn't come out with any urgency, we didn't have any intensity and we didn't play any defense early on.

Henry Bibby

That is what I really want. It would mean so much to me, and to compete at that level would be amazing.

Andrew Oh

It's not there but it is, you know what I mean? It's not evidence but it's there. We made it clear: This was not public corruption case. This was a business transaction.

Hugh Keefe

The game of football is a physical game, so if you go a game without having penalties, something's wrong, you know what I mean. I'm not going to back down. I'm going to keep doing what I do.

A.j. Davis

In no way, shape or form did I mean to injure Darcy. I finished my check the way I have hundreds of times before. He just happened to hit his head in a bad way.

Andy Sutton

Should the people have gotten out? Should have. What does 'mandatory' mean to everyone in here? If someone tells you it is mandatory to get out of this room right now, what are you going to do? I'm headed for the exit.

Arthur Jones

I mean, I'm a guy with three kids. I'm home usually Friday nights, but I know most people who aren't like me aren't.

Adam Baldwin

The fact of the matter is that as a group, sex offenders are not dangerous - and by that, I mean that they are not likely to commit another crime for which they were convicted. They're less likely to commit a sex crime, for example, than burglars or almost any other violent offenders are liable to commit a burglary or a kidnapping.

John Lafond

He's learned that the election is over - and now he's free to acknowledge that course change doesn't necessarily mean a mistake.

Rich Galen

And once you select an alternative doesn't mean you're locked into it.

Kerry Johnson

I'm cautiously optimistic. I haven't detected any organized opposition for it. That doesn't mean everybody's for it.

Glenn Martin

The company asked us to delay the ceremony and we asked, 'Does this mean delay the project?' They said, 'No, just delay the ceremony.

Bert Brantley

What they won't know is that I can be mean, and I can be conniving, the kind of person that's going to kick you off.

Amber Brkich

The third seed is important. It could mean a home court advantage in the sectionals if we get that far.

Tim Trantham

If you're one of the top one or two in the league, why should age be a question? It's different if he's taking snaps and his rheumatism is acting up, you know what I mean?

John Avery

Or at least the ends justify being really mean!

Frank Miller

It's always the goal to come out and win. The field is definitely improving. I mean, all across the world, every country has more and more women each year, and the competition level is so much higher. On any day, anybody can win.

Lindsay Van

Writing well mean never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'

Jef Mallett

The kids have really started the whole thing here. A lot of them are concerned about their parents, some of whom might not be documented, and what that will mean for them as American citizens.

Roberto Flores

We want to go get respect. That would mean a lot. I think we're slowly getting there.

Sha Brooks

The hope is, you have more competitors, more customer choice, and hopefully in the long run, that will in fact mean lower prices.

John Strand

Making my first visit to the Children's Hospital as part of the game week activities was very meaningful for me as I got to meet the children who were being helped by the game.

Raymond Berry

This will literally open our end of the county, and as you know, we're already growing but this will mean a real boost.

Gene Green

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

Nikos Kazantzakis

I mean, I'm 48 years old and I've been through a lot in my life - you know, loss, whether it be death, illness, separation. I mean, the failed expectations... We all have dreams.

Annie Lennox

All I ask is for the prime minister to explain the meaning behind delaying our meeting.

Amir Peretz

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.

Charles Kingsley

I cannot be certain that the water is of good quality. 'Safe' does not mean 'good'.

Viktor Ishayev

It's a huge loss. I mean, she was the state health officer at one point. It's going to be hard (working without her).

Sue Grinnell

Just because he doesn't make the films they'd like to see, does not mean he doesn't make good films.

Terrence Blanchard

Otherwise it will mean that they are determined to pursue their campaign.

Hassan Nasrallah

To do that, you've got to reach out to everyone, everyone, and mean it.

Doug Wiles

The fact that she's a successful lawyer doesn't mean she's going to do a good job as a Supreme Court justice. To use a baseball analogy, just because somebody is a good shortstop doesn't mean you put him in as a pitcher.

Alan Morrison

Arne Harris, producer-director for WGN-TV... is in his 34th year on the job, meaning he is closing in on Jack Brickhouse's record: Most Chicago baseball losses watched, one man, lifetime.

Bob Verdi

The biggest mistake would be to think about an immediate withdrawal, it would mean letting terrorism win.

Fabrizio Cicchitto

It could very well mean that he knows that Renault do not have long term plans for formula one.

Gerhard Berger

It doesn't mean much because it's not close to what they're paid.

Sue Curtis

The only thing that I thought, I mean, for her, for my good friend, and she won't know. ... I thought of that before I hit it.

Nicole Perrot

Healthier employees mean happier employees. There's less absenteeism, improved productivity and lowered health care premium costs.

Jim Link

One thing that comes to mind immediately is that we have a list of who gets those recently fixed units. So because they are helping does not mean that they go into them.

Stephanie Aveiro

So, one word can mean four different things depending on how you say it.

Cheryl Baker

But it won't mean you'll never have to stop.

Ricky Lee

It seems like a million years ago, I mean, it seems like so long ago.

Luke Zeller

You mean inside? Or outside?

Judy Blume

It's a travesty because he was gone. I mean there was nobody on that side of the field.

Don Breaux

Willing to share power with the civilians in any meaningful way?

Husain Haqqani

They did not get a lot of energy behind their open-source initiative, ... Just declaring that something is open source does not mean it is going to be popular.

Peter O'kelly