Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need,… — Unknown Author
Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of a void, but out of chaos; the materials must in the first… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
In arguing of the shadow, we forgo the substance. — John Lyly
We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God, because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the earth. But… — Reuben Archer Torrey
God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. — Giordano Bruno
The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine… — Simon Newcomb
Women have come a long way over the past 20 years, but in substance abuse and addiction, women have come the wrong way. — Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is… — Winston Churchill
We operate here under directives which emanate from the White House... The substance of the directives under which we operate is that we shall use… — Horace Rowan Gaither
Sadness is just a place on the map. Don't try to avoid it, resist it or escape through substances. Settle it, allow it, and it… — Marianne Williamson
Man's own youth is the world's youth; at least he feels as if it were, and imagines that the earth's granite substance is something not… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of… — Branch Rickey
Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance. — Stanley Schmidt
Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all its properties are… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips. — Jean Giraudoux
Substance of Bhakti is Surrender and Humility. — Radhanath Swami
Without the aesthetic, the computer is but a mindless speed machine, producing effects without substance, form without relevant content, or content without meaningful form. — Paul Rand
I always think of space-time as being the real substance of space, and the galaxies and the stars just like the foam on the ocean. — George Smoot
Synthesis is the process of making a natural product, or some other substance, artificially, in the lab, one step at a time, from extremely simple… — Gregory Petsko
Jackie O was so capable in so many ways. Hillary tried to redefine the role when she got into public policy, and Michelle Obama is… — Bellamy Young

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