Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have two albums' worth… — Kate Voegele
I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. — Jack Vance
History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to get… — Amy Waldman
One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every… — Al Yankovic
Actually, my friendships are changing because my friends have kids, so that's a new aspect to the material. Not just that I don't want to… — Jen Kirkman
Entrepreneurial creation is the generation, de novo, of novelty and surprise- freedom of choice originating in the world of ideas, and imagination beyond all concern… — George Gilder
... the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided… — Aldous Huxley
When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These… — C.S. Lewis
In this same tradition, beauty is inextricably bound up with the principles of order and harmony believed to underlie the cosmos. Artists in the Classical… — John Walford
Everything depends on your state of awareness. If your state of awareness is low, then all the material success in the world won't help. — Frederick Lenz
In meditation, when your thoughts are stopped, you become empty. When you are empty, your mind folds back on itself and you see through the… — Frederick Lenz
Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement. — Claude M. Bristol
Nin knew how much humans loved money, riches, and material things-though he never really could understand why. The more technologically advanced the human species got,… — Jess C Scott
There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good… — Mike Leigh
My father lived by the philosophy, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken,' and he made sure I did, too. Whatever I wanted to do,… — Tommy Lee
Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's… — Zoe Lister-Jones
If you make something good and interesting and not ridiculing someone or being offensive, the creators of the original material will like it. — Christian Marclay
Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them… — Alfred Marshall
No one person or material thing could ever come close to the feeling I get when the music is right. — Barry Manilow
The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus… — Gregor Mendel
If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue. — James McBride
As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material. — Vince Vaughn
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it… — Nicolas Malebranche
See, I never wrote arrangements for the band for Judy Garland; I did strictly special material, special lyrics, put together all of her medleys. — Mel Torme
I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or… — Sarah Silverman

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