Matter Quotes - Page 181

The subject matter... is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived in the scene that it composes.

Thus the theory of description matters most. It is the theory of the word for those For whom the word is the making of the world, The buzzing world and lisping firmament.

The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.

There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.

Objectivism is basically the same thing as faith-based science or for that matter faith-based foreign policy, where you start out with the assumption "We are good, they are evil," or "We know what is good and right and we know what is wrong," so all questions are settled in advance by a set of ideological prejudices.

For me, it [Crimea] is not borders and state territories that matter, but people's fortunes.

Nothing matters for a drastic change in Ukraine more than political transformations.

One thing is clear, everyone, no matter what their professional or material status, no matter what their influence on various state structures, must obey the law.

All my stories are webs of style and none seems at first blush to contain much kinetic matter.

All my life I have been a poor go-to-sleeper. No matter how great my weariness, the wrench of parting with consciousness is unspeakably repulsive to me.

I think it is all a matter of love.

What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened.

No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.

Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.

I've probably failed more often than anybody else in Silicon Valley. Those don't matter. I don't remember the failures. You remember the big successes.

O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!

He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.

There are a lot of guys who have terrible throwing motions-worse than mine. But they still get the ball downfield. That's all that matters.

A wise mother knows: It is her state of consciousness that matters. Her gentleness and clarity command respect. Her love creates security.

I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go-you'll find family.

Let other people do it their way. What other people do is irrelevant.

When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong.

No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.

It's wrong," he says. "It doesn't matter if your parents are in a better place, they aren't here with you, and that's wrong, Tris. It shouldn't have happened. It shouldn't have happened to you. And anyone who tells you it's okay is a liar.