Substantive Quotes

62 quotes by 59 authors

Most of the time, you find that the smaller the budget, the more the project is about something substantive. — Robert Carlyle
Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality. — James A. Garfield
...probably the single-most concrete and substantive thing an American, young American, could do to lower our carbon footprint is not turning off the lights or… — Andrew Revkin
For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the recipients of privilege, the world… — Immanuel Wallerstein
In duty the individual acquires his substantive freedom — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. For more than 20 years I have endeavored--indeed, I have struggled--along… — Harry A. Blackmun
Why does the left hate free speech? Because they don't know how to talk about the substantive merits when they are challenged. Having submerged themselves… — Ann Althouse
Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and closing all others. — Abraham Zaleznik
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Russ Shafer-Landau
The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice. — Leon Panetta
I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This, however, had not… — Charles Darwin
The fate of hundreds of thousands of species on this planet may be decided in the next decade. To slow the rush to extinction, we… — Eban Goodstein
I cannot disagree with you that having something like 500 economists is extremely unhealthy. As you say, it is not conducive to independent, objective research.… — Milton Friedman
A Colombia without coca and without conflict was an impossible dream just a few years or decades ago, and today I can tell you it… — Juan Manuel Santos
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact… — Harold H. Greene
It is important to have a reliable and substantive publication such as World Screen available as a source for information. The magazine's reporting is always… — Jeffrey Bewkes
I can't watch the news anymore. They have their priorities all out of whack. All I see is Natalee Holloway and Britney Spears and the… — Zach Braff
[I]f one asks what substantive contributions [F. A. Hayek] made to our understanding of how the world works, one is left at something of a… — Paul Krugman
If the history of medicine is told through the stories of doctors, it is because their contributions stand in place of the more substantive heroism… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
The symbolism - and the substantive significance - of planting a tree has universal power in every culture and every society on Earth, and it… — Al Gore

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