Matter Quotes
Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.
My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.
We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before.
The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.
Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.
Reports in matters of this world are many, and our resources of mind for the discrimination of them very insufficient
I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace.
Faith is not a matter of trusting that events will always occur to our liking, but of trust that, whatever happens, our inner resources will be equal to the moment.
It is a matter of the simplest demonstration, that no man can be really appreciated but by his equal or superior.
When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influences and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror.
Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards.
As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.
It is normal to enjoy praise and dislike criticism. True character is when you prevent either from affecting you in a negative matter.
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.
Progressivism, liberalism, or whatever you want to call it has become an ideology of power. So long as liberals hold it, principles don't matter.
It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.
I'm hoping that the suspension of the space program is just that, a suspension, and that it's not the final say in the matter, because I think we need it.
In the matter of animals I love only cats, but I love them unreasonably for their qualities and in spite of their numerous faults. I have only one, but I could not live without a cat.
At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.
Human beings have hope. Not matter how desperate things are, they convince themselves that they can change things for the better." - John Gregory (Clash of the Demons)
That's what life is: repetitive routines. It's a matter of finding the balance between deviating from those patterns and knowing when to repeat them.
Women are so enigmatical - some in everything - all in matters of the heart. Don't they sometimes actually admire what is repulsive?
Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected.
Everybody has their own problems. No matter how big you think yours are, there is someone else that has bigger problems or different problems.
Reconcile the loss of the painting - no matter how many times it may happen - with the joy of beginning again.
The mind is but a barren soil; a soil which is soon exhausted, and will produce no crop, or only one, unless it be continually fertilized and enriched with foreign matter.
The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.
Music is always occurring. It is just a matter of marketing, attention, and many other factors, that determines whether people will hear these songs or not.
The artwork had very little to do with the thought process, and the writing too, for that matter. What happens, happens, and it happens outside the brain.
Some people might think that the paintings are involved with a mythic - not just subject matter - but a certain sort of physical space that the paintings occupy...like personages.
No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will always say, 'Oh, Julie Adams - Creature from the Black Lagoon.'
I guess I'm not that aware of such a big fan base. I have a few core people who write me no matter what I'm doing, but I hardly have sacks of mail being dropped on my door!
The thing to try and keep in mind, no matter what the day, is there is always something good, to give thanks to God in prayer.
The task of asking nonliving matter to speak and the responsibility for interpreting its reply is that of physics.
It's a matter of each of the two churches being very deeply enculturated in its own setting and having difficulty understand the other.
When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos - no matter what the parent's income or education level.
Entrepreneurs stand out from the rest of the pack because they are not afraid to take big risks and they aim to please no one except the people who truly matter.
At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.
My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.