Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

A young man who had been troubling society with impalpable doctrines of a new civilization which he called "the Kingdom of Heaven" had been put… — George William Russell
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer; for it prevents those disorders which other remedies sometimes cure, but sometimes confirm. — Charles Caleb Colton
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth the root. CHARLES… — Charles Caleb Colton
Material civilization, nay, even luxury, is necessary to create work for the poor. Bread! Bread! I do not believe in a God who cannot give… — Bill Vaughan
I have nothing but gratitude for the people who made the film. It was a most unusual experience. I'm no judge, and the only film… — Harper Lee
The director works as an interpretive artist, but he's still an artist, so you also have to give him room to create and to put… — August Wilson
I made my career off posing in swimsuits and doing all the swimsuit issues and posters, but I will tell you that that little bit… — Cindy Margolis
The larger a star the shorter its life, but all the more fascinating its death. As it collapses within it’s body, the infalling material can… — Kelly Easton
When there are no conflicts In you, between material wealth and spiritual life, you have found yourself. — Ruben Papian
When we try to imagine what God is like we must of necessity use that-which-is-not- God as the raw material for our minds to work… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
England has to fulfill a double mission in India: one destructive, the other regenerating - the annihilation of old Asiatic society, and the laying the… — Karl Marx
The imagination of a eunuch dwells more and longer upon the material of love than that of man or woman ... supplying, so far as… — John Quincy Adams
We are still waging Peloponnesian wars. Our control of the material world and our positive science have grown fantastically. But our very achievements turn against… — George Steiner
I love working with the best directors in the world and great material. If I get an opportunity to do that, I'm going to do… — Daryl Hannah
I know what its like to direct. You become a more considerate actor. After you have directed, you understand what is going on. You can't… — Dolph Lundgren
Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of… — Eduardo Galeano
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth. — Mahatma Gandhi
I don't think that Slaughterhouse-Five was successful movie material. In fact, Vonnegut's books mostly I don't feel are movie material. — Jerry Garcia
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work… — Brian Greene
A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to… — Graham Greene
If you see me on Friday, you'll see different material on Saturday night. — Kathy Griffin
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. — Stanislav Grof
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary… — Walter Gropius
Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material. — Cathy Guisewite
I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my… — Sean Connery

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