Matter Quotes

The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.

Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.

Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.

It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it.

Sometimes earning awards doesn't matter as much as earning revenue or profit, or having a good response from the audience. No matter how many awards you win, if you can't earn any profit from your movie, if the audience doesn't like it, then it doesn't matter how many awards you get.

It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together.

All love is original, no matter how many other people have loved before.

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain.

I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors.

The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

We've shown the world that New York can never be defeated, because of its dynamic and diverse population and because it embodies the spirit of enterprise and the love of liberty. And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is.

I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways.

India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you in life.

But you've got to have money for comfort, which obviously doesn't matter as much when you're young, but even so. I always like to bloody eat well and be warm. Have a drink when I want it.

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

When it comes down to it, I always played hard for my teammates and I played hard for my coaches no matter who it was, ownership.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.

I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.