Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

The most startling result of Faraday's Law is perhaps this. If we accept the hypothesis that the elementary substances are composed of atoms, we cannot… — Hermann von Helmholtz
A substance that makes you ill if you don't eat it. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great… — Lucretius
Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and form nothing. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen,… — Asa Gray
This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has… — Asa Gray
Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation. — Richard Dreyfuss
We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads… — Tom Baker
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed… — Herbert Croly
Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose… — Benny Goodman
Without meaning, without substance, without aim: a mere 'public opinion'. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Should the research worker of the future discover some means of releasing this [atomic] energy in a form which could be employed, the human race… — Francis William Aston
[1.] And first I suppose that there is diffused through all places an aethereal substance capable of contraction & dilatation, strongly elastick, & in a… — Isaac Newton
I am thinking, therefore I exist. (...) I was a substance whose whole essence or nature is solely to think, and which does not require… — Rene Descartes
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pain and… — Hippocrates
My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often… — Colin Firth
The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity -… — Sigmar Gabriel
The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an affinity for expense, while substance has an affinity for income. — Dee Hock
Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold reality; the song… — Jamey Johnson
I want to entertain people, but with some substance. — Irrfan Khan
The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so… — Jon Krakauer
Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance… — Caroline Knapp
The most callous, stupid things were done just because regulations required them...It was not until 1983, for example, that U.S. federal agencies stated that substances… — Peter Singer
There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try… — Dean Kamen
No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming… — Thomas Jefferson

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