Mean Spirited – Quotes

I have noticed if

I have noticed if I pull from fear or despair about the state of the world, I get tired, ineffective, afraid and sometimes mean-spirited. Elizabeth Lesser

I hate the word

I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It’s demeaning. Frank Gehry

I would describe myself

I would describe myself as a guy that’s very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way. Don Rickles

I’ve never been mean-spirited,

I’ve never been mean-spirited, in my opinion. I never did anything below the belt. Don Rickles

I’ve never been able to tell jokes. In the beginning of my career I did impressions and jokes like any other comedian, but I was never very successful because I did it poorly. So I started to talk to the audience and started talking about the atmosphere around me and started to become angry, not … Read more

What I do is,

What I do is, I make fun of people and I make fun of myself and things around us and exaggerate things. And I’m never mean-spirited. See, the word insult means some guy who’s a real unkind human being. But I don’t do that, because otherwise I wouldn’t be headlining all these years, thank god, … Read more

I never could tell

I never could tell a joke. I just started talking to the audience, and when the drunks would yell, Hey, when do the broads come on? I got good at saying, Relax. Clear your skin up first. They called me the insult guy, but it’s never mean-spirited. I’m just exaggerating everything about us and about … Read more

I’m often asked why

I’m often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was mean-spirited, short-tempered and intolerant of those who disagreed with me and they said ‘Hell, you’d make a great CEO’, so I went to Texas and joined the private sector. Dick Cheney

If they [liberals] didn’t

If they [liberals] didn’t believe we were mean spirited they couldn’t stay liberal. They have to believe they mean better than us, but we don’t have to believe that we mean better than them. We have to believe that we do better than them. We measure morality by what happens not what is intended. Dennis … Read more

To be offended is

To be offended is a choice we make; it is not a condition inflicted or imposed upon us by someone or something else. David A. Bednar