Materials Quotes

2455 Materials quotes by 1763 unique authors

Paul observed, We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out (1 Timothy 6:7). He was referring to material… — David Berg
Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of… — Francis Bacon
Every time a significant discovery is being made one sets in motion a tremendous activity in laboratories and industrial enterprises throughout the world. It is… — Bengt I. Samuelsson
To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of… — William Whewell
We have now felled forest enough everywhere, in many districts far too much. Let us restore this one element of material life to its normal… — George Perkins Marsh
The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is mother… — Hildegard of Bingen
Thoughts and ideas are not phantoms. They are real things. Although intangible and immaterial, they are factors in bringing about changes in the realm of… — Ludwig von Mises
A tree is a being that is more spiritual than material. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
I have divers times examined the same matter (human semen) from a healthy man... not from a sick man... nor spoiled by keeping... for a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
All material Things seem to have been composed of the hard and solid Particles ... variously associated with the first Creation by the Counsel of… — Isaac Newton
Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice]. — M. Night Shyamalan
If you trust that the people making the show love the source material and the characters, and it's a different medium and there are different… — Greg Bryk
I think some of the most creative work is coming out of television. I felt it's very immediate and I like that. It's really fast.… — Charlize Theron
The thing I noticed is that a lot of times great material can get ruined if its not in the right hands. — Charlize Theron
I came to the conclusion is that we have a very shallow view of human nature in the policy world. We're really good at talking… — David Brooks
Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material. — Morgan Freeman
Many men are mere warehouses full of merchandise--the head, the heart, are stuffed with goods. . . . There are apartments in their souls which… — Henry Ward Beecher
If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different—it is not… — Neal Stephenson
The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it… — Marcus Aurelius
The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment,… — Mark Twain
Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction. — Thomas Jefferson
The hand is the tool of tools. — Aristotle
I felt a comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material. — Joan Rivers
Motivation is in the world around us. We have an infinite amount of material at our disposal, in the lives of those we meet, in… — Pablo Picasso
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.… — Thomas Carlyle

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