Matter Quotes

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely.

A woman is subject matter enough.

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

You know, I always do my best, no matter the quality of the film.

Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly.

And because no matter who you are, if you believe in yourself and your dream, New York will always be the place for you.

The Katrina matter was terrible.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I can't give more than I have. It doesn't matter if I am the most beautiful person in the room. There is inevitably going to be somebody way shinier and more tan than my pasty self.

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do.

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.

I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start.

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.

Unfortunately, no matter how frivolous the lawsuit, you still, of course, have to pay people to defend you on it.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

Perhaps the single most important element in mastering the techniques and tactics of racing is experience. But once you have the fundamentals, acquiring the experience is a matter of time.

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

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.