MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material. — Michael Heizer Copy Share Image
For material progress and physical well being, peace of mind is of utmost importance. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S. — Charles E. Allen Copy Share Image
Attractive Etonians who go straight onto the Stock Exchange missing University on their fathers advice: the raw material of the great bores. — Geoffrey Madan Copy Share Image
I would make the movie industry more like the television industry. TV is more material driven. In TV, you can break new… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Observation and experiment for gathering material, induction and deduction for elaborating it: these are are only good intellectual tools. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
From an evolutionary point of view, sex is really just a reward mechanism to encourage us to pass on our genetic material. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Thoughts and ideas are not phantoms. They are real things. Although intangible and immaterial, they are factors in bringing about changes in… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
With the way everything's going now and the way that technology is going, you can do a lot of things with a… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
I am inclined to believe that if there can be a meaningful human right to any material thing, surely it starts with… — Steven Solomon Copy Share Image
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
If you're a comic, you don't have a rehearsal room; you rehearse on stage. My main concern is remembering everything. I've written… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Classical music is at odds with contemporary culture precisely because of its insistence on the tension between the bodily and intellectual, the… — Julian Johnson Copy Share Image
It is not a good idea, either, to attach material such as Krystal Flash or Flashabou, then trim all strands at one… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
Since 1950 I have been keeping a film diary. I have been walking around with my Bolex and reacting to the immediate… — Jonas Mekas Copy Share Image
Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Not material or economic conditions in the ordinary sense, but perverse religious ideas explain the suspension of civilization in Europe from the… — Joseph McCabe Copy Share Image
I never have felt that people should feel that they are better than others, simply because they just happen to possess a… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Just never really got into cars and flossin' or never really cared, like I was always the type of person that felt… — Eminem Copy Share Image
Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Appreciation is not an otherworldly or good treat which we may take or push away as per the minute's impulses, and in… — Noel 'Razor' Smith Copy Share Image
The only way a work of art can become great is for one to acknowledge that it doesn't belong to anybody. The… — Paul Caponigro Copy Share Image
It might sound crazy, but filming in a conflict zone, in Afghanistan, and being a female filmmaker was the easy part. I… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
You are not the sum of your physical, mental, emotional life, but you are designed for the spiritual. The whole design of… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
At the final day the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials… — Issey Miyake Copy Share Image
