Materials Quotes

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

Writing is a consequence of having been 'haunted' by material. Why this is, no one knows.

The true is not material reality only.

I have never done jewelry before so, of course, I had an idea in mind, but I needed it to be feasible and I don't really know about the materials, like what's possible, what's not possible.

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

Quantity of material production can only be a means to a further end, not an end in itself.

There is so much poetry, and yet nothing is more rare than a poetic work. This is what the masses make out of poetical sketches, studies, aphorisms, trends, ruins, and raw material.

I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we've been trying to generate material.

A special validates you as a stand-up by documenting your material.

I don't think I'm going to be priest material.

It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally.

Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].

The commerce between India and Africa will be of ideas and services, not of the manufactured goods against raw materials after the fashion of the Western exploiters.

Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each others presence.

With a touch of sarcasm. "Glass is an amazing material. Versatile.

Our deepest human need is not material at all. Our deepest need is to be seen.

It's nice to have material things but they're very superficial aren't they?

That's where everything starts, as an actor: you've gotta have great writing and great character development, and then you have really great materials to work from.

Intimacy with God is to be preferred above material wealth.

Writer is a miner; he works in the gloomy places like a miner to get the precious material.

What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.

I don't think that governments should permit speculation in raw materials, because they're what the economy basically needs.

I had to learn a skill set. I think I had the materials to be a good comedy writer.

One man's trash is another man's treasure is a third man's raw materials for their planet-buster earthquake machine.

Doing comedy is as easy as doing anything else. You're dependent totally on the material.

Paper is the strongest material in the world; paper can handle what I can't.

I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials.

Had a filling done yesterday with no freezing, natural materials, essentials oils, and homeopathic remedies. We absolutely must push for more holistic biological dentistry.

I've played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!

I mean, it's like we all get our raw materials from our families―but it's up to us whether we build bridges or bombs.

I think God is the creative force of the universe. I think it is the raw material from which life emerges.

Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

The materials of true poetry are always humble, absolutely idiosyncratic, the autobiographical tatters that, in gifted hands, are made into the memoir that fits us all.

I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working.

When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.

We believe our suppliers of materials have not been impacted. At this point, our customers have not asked us to do anything differently as a result of the earthquake.

It's very rare that you get material that rolls off your tongue.

Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.

In our universal experience unintelligent material processes do not create life

Everything means something.

I love it when people can actually engage with the materials of the sacrament in advance.

What is the city in which we sit here, but an aggregate of incongruous materials, which have obeyed the will of some man?

There is no architect Can build as the Muse can; She is skilful to select Materials for her plan.

[We're making materials] so light that you can make a car that two people can lift, but so strong that it has the crash-worthiness of an SUV.

I've always been selective about materials I choose anyways. The incoming calls haven't been projects that I necessarily want to do. Now I can always be called "Emmy winner Regina King."

When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.

...knowledge of material reality is the knowledge of death.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.