Matter Quotes

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

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

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became.

No matter what losses happen in a given season, the Red Sox always have next year.

Life is too short no matter what party you are with.

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the 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.

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

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

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.

When I walk onto a set, no matter what it is, I always do the very best work that I can. But I'm not braindead, and I want to do things that I want to do, you know?

I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area.

When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

All of us, no matter how we look born into this world, feel something like the Hunchback. It doesn't matter if you have a beautiful face or not.

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.

No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's back.

I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.

Meaning, however, is no great matter.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

No matter what your choices are, you truly have no control about what people think of you.

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.

The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself.

It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

It doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm if you're going to have to wade through it anyway.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making.

Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.

I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.

When you're in the minority, it doesn't matter what you're agenda is, you're not going to have the degree of freedom that you have as a member of the majority.

When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.

Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament.

What I've said in the past is that I want the Labour Party to approach this matter on the basis of unity.

Well I've already made it clear that it's a matter for individuals in exercising their own judgement, their own consciences to speak freely on matters of policy.

In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade.

I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

A stand-up comic is judged by every line. Singers get applause at the end of their song no matter how bad they are.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

Don't matter how much money you got, there's only two kinds of people: there's saved people and there's lost people.

In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2.

The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him.

The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable, too clearly a matter of politics rather than faith.

I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can be on TV and be happy.

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to the system makes such systems vulnerable to changes as they come by, whether it's in terms of disease or terms or global warming for that matter.

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.

I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.

Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary.

Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

There are so many misconceptions about me, and it gets frustrating no matter how thick skinned.

My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.

Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.

Concentrate on the things that matter to you.