The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Alec Wilkinson is a spare, clear, and lucid writer who works in stylistic simplicity with material that is not simple at all. — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Cinema has become my life. I dont mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that… — Pedro Almodovar Copy Share Image
Some say that you should not want money at all because the desire for money is materialistic and not Spiritual. But we… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The major caveat in all of comedy is that it's all instinctive. There's no true criteria. There is no right or wrong.… — Larry Charles Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent… — Harsha Bhogle Copy Share Image
Organized religion has a part in the evolution of personal religion. It is the material upon which personal religion is grafted, but… — Lily Montagu Copy Share Image
My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little… — Antoine Predock Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. — Donnie Wahlberg Copy Share Image
The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
If you live in a material universe where acquiring things is very important to you, then family is an absolute deterrent to… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our obsession with material things and lack of self-worth is evident in our need for an abundance of momentary luxuries and must-have… — T.I Copy Share Image
Most of us have the residue of thousands of songs in our ears, that if you end up songwriting, I think you're… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
The gospel assures you that your value is not dependent on your looks or material possessions. — Elaine L. Jack Copy Share Image
The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion, — George Inness Copy Share Image
