Matter Quotes - Page 217

The worst possible thing for any of us - no matter what our temptations, no matter what our mortal inclinations may be - is to become fixated with them, to dwell on them. When we do that, not only do we deny the other things that comprise us, but experience teaches that there will be an increased likelihood that eventually we will simply succumb to the inclination.

Why somebody has a same-gender attraction... who can say? But what matters is the fact that we know we can control how we behave, and it is behavior which is important.

What matters most is recognition that 'I have my own will. I have my own agency. I have the power within myself to control what I do.'

What matters is ultimately what collectively those people on the street - whether that's the cycling community, the cancer community - it matters what they think.

The people who matter the most to us in the end, who teach us the most, are the people who make their worst mistakes with us.

The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that.

There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an ability to make you feel that he is writing for you alone.

It doesn't matter if there are 20, 40, 100, or 500 people there. It doesn't matter how many people. You've got to perform to those people because they've come.

My talent matters more to me than the money does.

What's the matter Jaimy? Ain't-cha never seen a girl before? -Jacky Faber

It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.

No matter how wonderful a sentence is, if it doesn't add new and useful information, it should be removed.

You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind.

Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns.

As in my other works of fiction: All persons living and dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed. No names have been changed to protect the innocent. Angels protect the innocent as a matter of Heavenly routine.

There are some things you can't unsee, and there are some movies you can't get off IMDB no matter how hard you try.

I've come across a lot of people in my life who talk about poverty and talk about the poor, but you rarely have a sense that it matters to them to the point at which they will be willing to sacrifice something.

When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.

Please, Katsa," he finally said. "At least talk to me". She swung around to face him. "What it there to talk about? You know how I feel, and what I think about it." "And what I feel? Doesn't it matter?

No matter how you feel, you made progress today.

It's just a matter of getting those legs back.

I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. No matter what the injury - unless it's completely debilitating - I'm going to be the same player I've always been. I'll figure it out. I'll make some tweaks, some changes, but I'm still coming.

We should be cultivating our female workers. The truth of the matter is that women just see problems and solutions differently, and that's valuable.

Right now, it's just a matter of getting my strength and endurance back. So far, no setbacks.

Twentieth century music is like paedophilia. No matter how persuasively and persistently its champions urge their cause, it will never be accepted by the public at large, who will continue to regard it with incomprehension, outrage and repugnance.