Material Quotes

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New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention. — Lawren Harris
Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of. — Charles E. Burchfield
I've found from years of trial that the only way I can work is to make sketches in pencil from Nature, purely as reference material… — E. J. Hughes
You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material… — Stella Adler
Each child represents either a potential addition to the protective capacity and enlightened citizenship of the nation or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a… — Theodore Roosevelt
The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they… — Theodore Roosevelt
Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the good path and… — Thiruvalluvar
One is constantly reminded of the infinite lavishness and fertility of Nature-inexhaustible abundance amid what seems enormous waste. And yet when we look into any… — John Muir
In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte
What seems real to the mind can be as important as any material fact. We live by the spirit and the imagination as well as… — Walt Disney
How lavish is Nature building, pulling down, creating, destroying, chasing every material particle from form to form, ever changing, ever beautiful. — John Muir
People have had to make up for their spiritual impoverishment by accumulating material things. When spiritual blessings come, material blessings seem unimportant. As long as… — Peace Pilgrim
Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. In my business of motion pictures and television entertainment, many minds and skillful hands must collaborate...T he work seeks to… — Walt Disney
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which… — Frances E. Willard
One need not be a Chamber â€” to be Hauntedâ€” One need not be a Houseâ€” The Brain â€” has Corridors â€” surpassing Material Placeâ€”… — Emily Dickinson
To ask me whether I could endure to live without friends is absurd. It is easy enough to live out of material sight of friends,… — John Muir
American liberty is being destroyed by Marxist doctrines that explain society in terms of hegemonic and oppressed groups - whether classes, races or genders -… — Paul Craig Roberts
Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but a… — Thucydides
Quantum physics is the physics of possibilities. And not just material possibilities, but also possibilities of meaning, of feeling, and of intuiting. You choose everything… — Amit Goswami
Consciousness is the screen. The images on the screen are your perceptions, the illusion that life is solid, that there is a material universe. — Frederick Lenz

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