Material Quotes

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In proportion to the mental energy he spent, the man who creates a new invention receives but a small percentage of his value in terms… — Ayn Rand
The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his material payment, receiving… — Ayn Rand
Whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest. — William J. Brennan
If the concept of consciousness were to fall to science, what would happen to our sense of moral agency and free will? If conscious experience… — Daniel Dennett
The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to Christ, the Word… — Benedict Groeschel
Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or â€˜dematerializedâ€™ — Lucy R. Lippard
I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance, says Jesus. This is where true wealth is found, not in material… — Pope Francis
Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible. — Kelly Gallagher
The idea that human-transforming technology that mingles the dna of natural and synthetic beings and merges man with machines could somehow be used or even… — Thomas Horn
If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material… — John Yudkin
Each material has its own message. — Frank Lloyd Wright
The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind,… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to you without your… — Cliff Asness
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it. — Brian De Palma
I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material… — Fred Frith
One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that… — James Payn
The same fire" (which he decides to be material) " torments the damned in hell and the just in purgatory...The least pain in purgatory exceeds… — Thomas Aquinas
Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of… — Georg Ernst Stahl
What's the number-one thing people do on the Web? They read. Words and numbers are the raw material from which the vast majority of webpages… — Gerry McGovern

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