Substantial Quotes

281 quotes by 263 authors

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although… — John James Audubon
I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are… — Julie Burchill
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give… — Giacomo Casanova
In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of… — Noam Chomsky
As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous… — Jack Abramoff
Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain,… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
I think something substantial will pass out of the House at some point during this term. — Justin Amash
You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is… — Abraham Lincoln
Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary-the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and… — Edwin Powell Hubble
The mind is just like a crowd; thoughts are the individuals. And because thoughts are there continuously you think the process is substantial. Drop each… — Rajneesh
In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important… — Peter Drucker
The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality, integrated… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Business is recognizing the role it can play in combatting climate change. Thank God, is all I can say, for there is a desperately urgent… — Prince Charles
Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums… — Nicholas D. Kristof
There is no such thing as an achieved liberty: like electricity, there can be no substantial storage and it must be generated as it is… — Robert H. Jackson
You're considered superficial and silly if you are interested in fashion....But I think you can be substantial and still be interested in frivolity. — Sofia Coppola
It is called the real presence, not in an exclusive sense, as though other forms of presence were not real, but by reason of its… — Pope Paul VI
Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to… — Barack Obama
The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other… — Thomas Jefferson

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