Material Quotes

2445 Material quotes by 1790 unique authors

We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only… — F. Sionil Jose
With each thing that you do, all the fears in life and safeguards block out, or obscure, who you truly are. I think that just… — Matthew Shultz
When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture,… — Leslie Cockburn
We use paper documents to store knowledge so we can consult and reconsult it, giving us a type of recall impossible with our unaided minds;… — Clive Thompson
I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and… — John Wooden
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material… — Andy Behrman
Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms. — Theaster Gates
In the digital age, we filter forward instead of filtering out. As a result, all that material is still available to us and to others… — David Weinberger
Seemingly, man has learned to live without God, preoccupied and indifferent toward Him and concerned only about material security and pleasure. — Billy Graham
So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens. — Jonathan Evison
Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants, and… — John Tyler Bonner
I take some pains to learn the material beforehand. I have a bunch of tricks I use to try and hit the ground running. I… — Unknown Author
Modern scientific knowledge appeared piecemeal. Historians wrote about human history; physicists tackled the material world; and biologists studied the world of living organisms. But there… — David Christian
Economics is sometimes associated with the study and defense of selfishness and material inequality, but it has an egalitarian and civil libertarian core that should… — Tyler Cowen
I believe that music is about making quality things, making quality art, and no matter who you decide to work with, you and that person… — Common
One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an… — Stanley Hauerwas
The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material. — Neil MacGregor
Along with all the other stunning statistics China can provide, it can also claim to be the world leader in making energy from human excrement.… — Rose George
Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with… — Marianne Williamson
Sometimes a miracle is a change in material conditions, such as physical healing. At other times, it is a psychological or emotional change. — Marianne Williamson
We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever. — Marianne Williamson
It is harder to get adult, character-driven material on television than it used to be, but there are lots of other places that you can… — John Wells
You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances. — John Wells
Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont
What survived as orthodox Christianity did so by suppressing and forcibly eliminating a lot of other material. — Elaine Pagels

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