Material Quotes

I could see us doing solo material in the future.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis.

I don't think there's a shortage of material in the world. Or in my head. I just pray for continued good health, because I've got other stories to tell.

I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.

When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to do on stage with me, which was juggling, magic and banjo and my little comedy routines. I always felt the audience sorta tolerated the serious musical parts while I was doing my comedy.

It's frustrating not to have more control over your material.

It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past.

The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say.

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.

What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.

Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.

It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

Explicit material is available in a variety of forums - from popular music to television to the Internet.

In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

The equality among all members of the League, which is provided in the statutes giving each state only one vote, cannot of course abolish the actual material inequality of the powers concerned.

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

I'm probably not long-term-relationship material for now.

Nothing. We're all friends and friendly. So when the cameras go down, depending on the mood or the nature of the material we're dealing with, there's usually a kind of a prevailing light attitude that's floating around.

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.

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.

It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

I guess when we were up against it, we knew this album was going to be compared to all the classic early material, because it was going back to the original five.

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.

After things started to happen here, my choice of material was extremely limited. It was a weird situation.