Materialist Quotes

44 quotes by 39 authors

The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its… — John Berger
Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist, the only difference between a… — Annie Besant
The materialist assumption that spiritual substances do not exist is as much an act of faith as the religious belief in the reality of angels. — Mortimer Adler
The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels. — Malcolm De Chazal
Believe. The promise of God are real. They are as real, as solid, yes infinitely more solid than this table which the materialist so thoroughly… — George Washington Carver
Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities, nor can there… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization. — Immanuel Wallerstein
Not even the visionary or mystical experience ever lasts very long. It is for art to capture that experience, to offer it to, in the… — Salman Rushdie
I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing… — D. H. Lawrence
We live in a materialist world, and materialism appeals so strongly to humanity, no matter where. — Wole Soyinka
Any half-awake materialist well knows - that which you hold holds you. — Tom Robbins
Any materialist philosophy must take as its point of departure the existence of a material world that is independent of our minds. — Manuel De Landa
Material possessions in themselves are good. We would not survive for long without money, clothing, shelter and food. Yet if we refuse to share what… — Pope Benedict XVI
There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other… — C.S. Lewis
The abstractionist and the materialist thus mutually exasperating each other, and the scoffer expressing the worst of materialism, there arises a third party to occupy… — Marsilio Ficino
Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist. — Fidel Castro
Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful media and many… — Marvin Olasky
The power of the Marxian critique of class domination stands as an implicit suggestion that feminists should consider the advantages of adopting a historical materialist… — Nancy Hartsock
I'm a strict materialist - but the police are brutal materialists. — Jack Williamson
A US Department of Education; implementation of a scientific materialist philosophy; studies, being cleansed of religious, patriotic and other features of the bourgeois ideology; students… — William Z. Foster

Who Wrote These Materialist Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 44 Materialist Quotes, led by these top contributors: