Matter Quotes - Page 230

I hope that even if you remember not a single word of mine, you remember those of Seneca, another of those old Romans I met when I fled down the Classics corridor, in retreat from career ladders, in search of ancient wisdom: As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

You’re not supposed to dislike your own child. You were supposed to like them no matter what, even if they were not what you wanted.

It is a given that we will all make some mistakes in life. It is a given that you will make inappropriate choices for inappropriate reasons. They will in no way affect your worth. No matter what you say or what you do, nothing can minimize the worth of your being. Your worth is a gift from God.

Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.

But we don’t remember those lives. We can’t read our diaries.’ ‘It doesn’t matter. We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.’ ‘But can we choose that?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘We’re Dead. Can we really choose anything?’ ‘Maybe. If we want to bad enough.

It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

Still, in international matters, the treaty changes nothing. That is, it doesn't prevent us from being friends with other countries, which indeed we are.

It doesn't matter because I want to be that guy who you never know what I'm going to wear.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.

It's always been jewelry, clothes, appearance. Those are things that compete with the car. But the car is the ultimate. Get that car right and it doesn't matter what you got on or what you wear once you step out of that car.

Above all, she wanted to look as though she had not given the matter a moment's thought, and that would take time.

Could it ever be explained, how matter becomes conscious?

I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane

Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I am neither the former nor the latter. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life is capable of contributing to the growth, the awakening of the collective strength. That is what matters!

Well, I never been to HeavenBut I been to OklahomaWell, they tell me I was born thereBut I really don't rememberIn Oklahoma, not ArizonaWhat does it matter, what does it matter?

This, however, is sure: nothing is really lost. Any influence for good, no matter how ephemeral, makes its mark: it helps to leaven the loaf of evil: it leaves a loophole, albeit a small one, for a future escape from bondage.

A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.

Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat.

The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.

And just being there is ninety-nine percent of what matters when your world falls apart

The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke.