Material Quotes

2445 quotes by 1836 authors

There is no material universe. There is no reality. All that exists are images. — Frederick Lenz
We hide in relationships. We hide in material possessions. We hide in ambitions, secret desires, hates, frustrations, jealousy, self-ptiy, in our insecurity - and more… — Frederick Lenz
If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20 years? Set yourself… — Frederick Lenz
Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument. — Judith Martin
It is not the material which gives life form but the space between the material that gives life form. — Alex Caceres
The hindrances to being psychic are a general dullness that develops from living in the material world, and being a material girl. — Frederick Lenz
Religionists are clinging to little, positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law... while the laws of the Law, the great circling truths whose only… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in the process of… — Todd Rundgren
I've been essentially not only deconstructing and reconstructing the material to make it suitable for the performance, but I've gone back and found some older… — Todd Rundgren
I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for… — Ian Mckellen
I hope to direct a few more films before I leave the planet, so I hope I can find the material. — Ed Harris
I'm always writing. It's kind of a curse: You never stop. But I need isolation to write. So the real meat of the material comes… — Taylor Momsen
I feel terrible about corporate greed. Growing up in a household that was a little more humble and didn't put so much emphasis on money… — Chloe Sevigny
In the two years of preparing material for shows, I realized there are elements that are definitely going to work live, but might not be… — Girl Talk
We must follow the rule: Better fewer, but better. We must follow the rule: Better get good human material in two or even three years… — Vladimir Lenin
Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind Â— the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading one indulges in.… — Thomas A. Edison
Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang!… — Anthony Caro
Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half as cute as… — Sandra Newman
Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter, and clothing. A… — Robert Higgs
I'm just happy that people have recognised me as leading man material. — Randeep Hooda

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