There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.
I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.
When you're being mean to someone, you can feel the audience just get cold.
Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.
I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean.
I found early on in teaching, if you're too blunt an instrument, the students discredit you and think you're just being mean. They're not interested in what you have to say.
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family.
My advice gets misconstrued as being mean.
Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
I'm sure I tried being mean at one point, and I don't think it worked. It's too much work.
Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
I like being misunderstood.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
I'm so used to being misunderstood.
The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood.
I have nothing to explain. As for being misunderstood, I have grown accustomed to that.
It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.
I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.
Being misunderstood - that's the thing that scares me. Because my life is about oversharing.
