Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

No man, who continues to add something to the material, intellectual and moral well-being of the place in which he lives, is left long without… — Booker T. Washington
Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. — Denzel Washington
Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to… — Max Weber
It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're… — Rachel Weisz
We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth… — Rebecca West
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. — Bernard Williams
I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's… — Lucinda Williams
I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly. — Lucinda Williams
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make… — Oprah Winfrey
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints. — Naomi Wolf
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is… — John Wooden
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and… — Judith Wright
I don't go off and sit down and try to write material, because then it's contrived and forced. I just live my life, and I… — Steven Wright
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. — Philip Wylie
When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president.… — Jacob Zuma
Let's be cautious about relying so much on material things that we have no energy left for the spiritual aspects of our lives. — James A. Forbes
To believe in the supernatural is not simply to believe that after living a successful, material, and fairly virtuous life here one will continue to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. — Ian Mcewan
I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this… — Christopher Hitchens
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee… — Bill Watterson
Writing is a consequence of having been 'haunted' by material. Why this is, no one knows. — Joyce Carol Oates
The center of every man's existence is a dream. Death, disease, insanity, are merely material accidents, like a toothache or a twisted ankle. That these… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children,… — Betty Friedan
He must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream. He… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the year 2006, a person can have sufficient intellectual and material resources to build a nuclear bomb and still believe that he will get… — Sam Harris

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