Quotes About Meaning

The expression "following suit" is a curious one, because it has nothing to do with walking behind a matching set of clothing.

The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. An aphorism is merely a small group of words arranged in a certain order because they sound good that way, but oftentimes people tend to say them as if they were saying something very mysterious and wise.

I'd worry about your chaperone. She's trapped, like a spider caught in a web." "Spiders make webs," I said. "They don't get caught in them." "I meant a fly," Stew growled. "How in the world would a spider get caught in a fly?

What does 'giddy' mean?" Violet asked, when they had finished reading the note. "'Dizzy and excited,'" Klaus said, having learned the word from a collection of poetry he'd read in first grade. "I guess he means excited about Peru. Or maybe he's excited about having a new assistant." "Or maybe he's excited about us," Violet said.

Akroyd!" Sunny cried, a phrase which here means "Roger.

The word "bubble" is in the dictionary, for instance, as is the word "peacock," the word "vacation," and the words "the" "author's" "execution" "has" "been" "canceled," which make up a sentence that is always pleasant to hear.

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Telling yourself that something does not matter is one of the loneliest things you can do, because you only say it, of course, about things that matter very much But often, and this is the lonely part, they only mat- ter to you.

But the sad truth is that the truth is sad, and what you want does not matter.

when someone spoke it startled me enough that I made several involuntary noises, a phrase which here means "sounds without meaning to." Involuntary noises are my least favorite kind of noise I can make. If I'm going to sound foolish I would at least like to have done it on purpose.

But I saw no sign of Fiona shedding the chrysalis of Communism.

Half of what I say is meaningless But I say it just to reach you

Always, no sometimes, think it's me But you know I know when it's a dream I think I know I mean a "Yes" but it's all wrong That is I think I disagree

In the opera, there was only one great love for the characters. In... tales there was only one love as well - yes, even after death. Everything I had read or sung or felt said this was always the case. If you ignored this great truth, if you gave up on it of being too hard to hold on to, or let it slip away to have mere things , no real meaning could be left in life.

Through faith man experiences the meaning of the world; through action he is to give to it meaning.

For Philosophers: No, the computer doesn't "think". Unfortunately, there's no better word for what it really does. We say "think" on the grounds that it's all right to say, "the lamp needs a new light bulb." Whether the lamp really *needs* a bulb depends on whether it *needs* to provide light (that is, incandescence is its karma). So let's just say the computer thinks.)

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.

A single rose can be a garden... a single friend, my world.

A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.

He began the interview by asking what my hobbies were. "Incunabula and intercourse, sir." It slipped out and wasn't even accurate; I'd had little experience of one and couldn't afford the other.

Two shlemiels were drinking tea. In time, one looked up and announced portentously: "Life! What is it? Life—is like a fountain!" The other pondered for a few minutes, then asked, "Why?" The first thought and thought, then sighed. "So okay: life isn't like a fountain.