Substance Quotes

Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.

Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.

The substance of painting is light.

A Golden Globe is a mood-altering substance, there's no doubt about that.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

I want to entertain people, but with some substance.

Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.

At the request of the special counsel, Mr. Rove will not discuss the substance of his testimony.

Once and for all, I did not use steroids or any other illegal substance.

The body is the substance of the stone.

As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance.

People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance.

Man is a substance clad in shadows.

In confusing stock options with ownership, corporations confuse trappings with substance.

The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance.

The spin overwhelms the substance. That's very clearly what happened.