Matters Quotes

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.

Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.

I mean, the only thing that matters to me is getting to the work - getting to do the work. And I don't really care where it is: whether it's on stage or on television or in film.

I try to just make music that I love, and if I believe in it that's all that matters.

If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens on earth matters even more than we think, for the Christian life becomes a continuation of the unfolding work of Jesus, who will one day return to set the world to rights.

What family you were born into matters so much more than it did before in a perverse way.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.

The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe.

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters.

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

Art matters.

I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters.

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

Research is starting to show that a child should be engaged at least 20 hours a week. I do not think it matters which program you choose as long as it keeps the child actively engaged with the therapist, teacher, or parent for at least 20 hours a week.

Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.