#means

It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#communication #essentially #illusion #imagine #incidental

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#agree #any #beach #blank #casting

Success, in a generally accepted sense of the term, means the opportunity to experience and to realize to the maximum the forces that are within us. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#experience #forces #generally #maximum #means

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. ↗

— May Sarton

#constant #disasters #few #garden #growth

To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#foundations #hair #important #me #means

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up. ↗

— George Saunders

#early #i #i write #know #meaning

Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green. ↗

— Evan Sayet

#barack obama #being #green #means #money

That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought process. That has always happened - it's just been intensified. ↗

— Robert Scheer

#appeal #becoming #been #certain #certain ways

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#i #know #life #me #means

Humanity is quite a unique species, since it is the only one with the means to wipe itself out. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#itself #means #only #out #quite