#meant to be

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one. ↗

— Mario Monti

#among #been #compliment #considered #economists

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#always #art #be a man #beauty #beings

The game is meant to be fun. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#game #meant #meant to be

I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#africa #best #dangerous #had #house

He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life. ↗

— Robert Redford

#classic #darkness #discovery #falling #gift

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal. ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#beyond #creator #days #deep #enjoy

I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it's meant to be, which is fun and entertaining. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#bad thing #entertaining #framework #fun #gambling

Part of me always longed to do just one more film and see what Luke would be like now that he's on the level of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the student having become the master. But it was not meant to be. ↗

— Mark Hamill

#become #film #having #just #just one

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters. ↗

— Christian Bale

#always #characters #figure #happier #here

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#break #i #meant #meant to be #now