Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 55
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state. Karl Marx German Philosopher More Karl Marx Quotes 3
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material. F. Scott Fitzgerald American Author More F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes 2
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. William S. Burroughs American Writer More William S. Burroughs Quotes 1
Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man. Sri Sathya Sai Baba Indian Spiritual leader More Sri Sathya Sai Baba Quotes 1
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material. Charles Eastman Sioux Author More Charles Eastman Quotes 1
I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material. Kathy Acker American Activist More Kathy Acker Quotes 1
I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. Jose Saramago Portuguese Writer More Jose Saramago Quotes 1
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. Gore Vidal American Novelist More Gore Vidal Quotes 1
We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. Fred Allen American Comedian More Fred Allen Quotes 1
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. Bern Williams More Bern Williams Quotes 1
The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals. Kit Williams Author More Kit Williams Quotes 0
I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly. Lucinda Williams American Musician More Lucinda Williams Quotes 0
I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that. Lucinda Williams American Musician More Lucinda Williams Quotes 0
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. Martin Short American Actor More Martin Short Quotes 0
The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time. Andrew Shue American Actor More Andrew Shue Quotes 0
If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet. Clifford D. Simak American Writer More Clifford D. Simak Quotes 0
He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material. George G. Simpson More George G. Simpson Quotes 0
Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. George G. Simpson More George G. Simpson Quotes 0
After things started to happen here, my choice of material was extremely limited. It was a weird situation. Nancy Sinatra American Musician More Nancy Sinatra Quotes 0
I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time. Nancy Sinatra American Musician More Nancy Sinatra Quotes 0
We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine. Matthew Simpson American Clergyman More Matthew Simpson Quotes 0
The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. George A. Smith American Clergyman More George A. Smith Quotes 0
I hope that not only my documentaries, but everybody's documentaries, last. It will really confuse historians in the next century, because they'll have, in addition to all the print material, they'll have all these pictures to look at. Frederick Wiseman American Director More Frederick Wiseman Quotes 0
You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice. Frederick Wiseman American Director More Frederick Wiseman Quotes 0