Material Quotes

I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.

Armament is an important factor in war but not the decisive factor .... Man, not material, forms the decisive factor.

Many a man renounces morals, but with great difficulty the conception, 'morality.' Morality is the 'idea' of morals, their intellectual power, their power over the conscience; on the other hand, morals are too material to rule the mind, and do not fetter an 'intellectual' man, a so-called independent, a 'freethinker.'

I remember an old Singer sewing machine at home that belonged to my grandmother. It had a pedal. My mom taught me how to use it when I was 12 years old. I used to find it so intriguing, how a flat piece of material could be made into an object that had so many uses.

Politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far as blather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material.

Velvet is great. It's warm as well. And it's snug.

You cannot make, my Lord, I fear, a velvet purse of a sow's ear

Sometimes you make a connection with a writer or a piece of material, and there's not much to ask.

I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this universe.

I have emphasized experiments more than theory. Of course, we need some theory when thinking of soft matter.

Technology innovation is starting to explode and having open-source material out there really helps this explosion. You get students and researchers involved and you get people coming through and building start ups based on open source products.

I'm a huge fan of comedy. I write material whenever I can.

If you don't have material, you don't have an experiment.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

That's a nice tie... Do you have any knickers in that material?

I've been atheist since I became aware of the term, but my material is not all about religion - not by a long shot - and when I do address the topic, it is to point out where religiosity meets discrimination.

Never has a material been as overrated as leather.

If one is talking about sculpture then scale and skin is everything.

Formal is formal. I can't wear sneakers all the time. Sometimes, I wear other shoes. It's not my challenge designing formal - it's so boring - but it's still important. I sell a lot of classic black sneakers made from every material because everyone loves black, and if you mix and match material, you get an opera.

Jesse has opened for me extensively on the road so I’ve seen him do hundreds of sets. He is always super funny, has tons of material and the crowds love him. Bottom line, Jesse Joyce is a great comedian.

Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life." "Your strength?" "Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . .

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

There's no shortage of material in life.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.