#means

False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day. ↗

— William Safire

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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. ↗

— George Santayana

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To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. ↗

— George Santayana

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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

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If a rich person invests in a business, either directly or through stock purchases, it means business can grow and hire more people. ↗

— Terry Savage

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Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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