Materials Quotes

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One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this economic… — Susan Sontag
Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment… — Emile Durkheim
Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least… — Frank Lloyd Wright
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone. — Frances Xavier Cabrini
The fluent reader sounds good, is easy to listen to, and reads with enough expression to help the listener understand and enjoy the material. — Charles Clark
[We're making materials] so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong that it has the crash-worthiness of… — Regina E. Dugan
Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not… — Mother Teresa
Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in… — Subhas Chandra Bose
I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the marrow. We have… — Adolf Hitler
The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our… — George C. Marshall
Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being. — Ludwig von Mises
So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work, and materials in… — Alan Watts
There is material enough in a single flower for the ornament of a score of cathedrals. — John Ruskin
A garden is a result of an arrangement of natural materials according to aesthetic laws; interwoven throughout are the artist's outlook on life, his past… — Roberto Burle Marx
The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom… — William Cowper
Soloing is the most beautiful way of climbing; no material constrains, just you and the rock, the sun, nature; a kind of school for courage,… — Alain Robert
History thus becomes largely a study of character. Insight into temperament is hardly less important than the probing of "original materials." — Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
One day you will realize that material things mean nothing. All that matters is the well being of the people in your life. — Leon Brown
These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But… — Morrie Schwartz

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