Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

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 — 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
Material Girl is about having your own personal style, and my personal style reflects the brand's aesthetic. — Georgia May Jagger
I also visited several healing meetings... and became angry with what appeared to be the manipulation of people for the material gains of the faith… — John Wimber
This human need for mysticism – surrender to an unknown truth, union – stands at the helm of all romantic feeling. It is, in essence,… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its… — James Joll
Turn your churches into halls of science, and devote your leisure day to the study of your own bodies, the analysis of your own minds,… — Frances Wright
What can be more discouraging to a man than to doubt if his soul be material, like a stone or a reptile, and subject to… — Jean de la Bruyere
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and… — Honore de Balzac
The more imagination the reader has ... the more he will do for himself. He will, at a mere hint from the author, flood wretched… — C.S. Lewis
Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed material. He knew… — George Will
Now, to a single-minded man, who is either brave enough or reckless enough to surrender himself wholly to one idea, and look neither right nor… — James Anthony Froude

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