Substance Quotes

936 Substance quotes by 721 unique authors

Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter mush. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its… — Robert H. Jackson
In the issue war in Iraq, it was very clear to me that the policies that were being espoused by neoconservatives were totally devoid of… — Joseph C Wilson
Most people here agree that the rhetoric got overblown on both sides of the Atlantic before the Iraq war, and it was a disagreement among… — John S. Tanner
Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. — Peter Latham
Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the… — Vitruvius
Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference. — Dee Hock
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of… — Gottfried Leibniz
The ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source;… — Gottfried Leibniz
I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance. — Kelli White
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the… — Thomas Bulfinch
The older view of the nature of heat was that it is a substance, very fine and imponderable indeed, but indestructible, and unchangeable in quantity,… — Hermann von Helmholtz
The lived experiences which could not find adequate scientific expression in the substance doctrine of rational psychology were now validated in light of new and… — Wilhelm Dilthey
You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman
One is forever throwing away substance for shadows. — Lady Randolph Churchill
At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony. — Robert Luskin
Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions. — Charles Kennedy
People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance. — Brooke Shields
Men shall have the preeminence above women, because of those advantages wherein God hath caused the one of them to excel the other, and for… — Quran
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) — Bible
Creative power, is that receptive attitude of expectancy which makes a mold into which the plastic and as yet undifferentiated substance can flow and take… — Thomas Troward

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