Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman - her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance. — Maiara Walsh
God is being taken out of schools; children are not being raised in church learning the word; many parents are living lives unto themselves, exalting… — Monica Johnson
If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble… — Jakob Bohme
Every soul and spirit has some degree of continuity with the universal spirit, which is recognized to be located not only where the individual soul… — Giordano Bruno
I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was… — Martin Jacques
When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his… — F. W. de Klerk
Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It… — Noam Chomsky
In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched. — Jonathan Turley
Relaxing is important; I would like to do more! Golf is a pretty good attempt, but good television, I find, is a great way to… — Mark Hadlow
The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness. — John Updike
We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image. — Leonard Mlodinow
You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for - if you are honest -… — P L Travers
There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to exist. — Cate Blanchett
To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may all be fine.… — Per Petterson
If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you… — Al Roker
Information is crucial to our biological substance - our genetic code is information. But before 1950, it was not obvious that inheritance had anything to… — James Gleick
Whenever we warm our hands by the fire, we allow the energy radiated by the fire to quicken up the movements of the atoms of… — William Henry Bragg
To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of… — Gilbert Newton Lewis
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. — Aesop
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. — Sam Brown

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