Being Mean Quotes

“You don't have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“People use you and what do you do? You use them too.. We all are mean!”
― honeya

“I know that sounds mean to say, but I don't mean it mean.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“has that Copperfield no tague! I would do a good deal for you, if you tell me, without lying that somebody had cut it out”
― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“No-one saw her pinch the girl’s arm
Making her wince in pain and cry out
More than once, an agonising clout”
― Soulla Christodoulou, Sunshine after Rain: A Collection of Poetry

“Being miserable is something one carries in the soul before it is made apparent in the spirit. - On Being Miserable”
― Lamine Pearlheart, Awakening

“But why are the Terribles turning people mean?” he asked.
“So that we fight. So that we argue. So that the world is a horrible place that we don't even want any more. I think they've started in Starkley, because it's so boring that hardly anyone ever comes here. They're testing things out and, if it works, I think they'll turn the whole world mean. And that's when they'll take over. When we're too mean to care.”
― Danny Wallace, Hamish and the Worldstoppers