Quotes About Substance

I work to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving and substance abuse, primarily with youth.

I like men of substance.

As an actor, I just made the most of the opportunities that came my way and I owe it to my directors for having given me characters with substance, as I have never gone around asking for a role.

You know, women are treated like objects. But they have substance. They are not just an item number to be looked at - they have more to them than that.

I've always wanted to be a woman of substance, giving the society as much as I can.

There was always talk that the Horrors didn't have any substance but I think they're proving people wrong.

I don't look at the length of the role, but yes I'm looking for substance.

I'd like to believe that I attract a certain kind of work which has substance because I work very hard towards it.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I want to play roles of substance, where I have something to contribute, where I can help push forward a thought.

If you're going to have a difference of opinion, I think the difference of opinion should be on a matter of substance.

Whether it's Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole or Common there are a lot of artists, especially rappers, who come from a background with a faith-based substance, and it's time for that substance to be celebrated and appreciated.

Patty Loveless is the big influence for me. Loving her music, loving how she wrote songs, loving the kind of songs she cut. A strong woman with true substance to her lyrics, but songs that just felt so good.

I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general.

I want to have a resume that is substantial enough to hold itself as respectful.

I don't mind doing genre roles as long as they offer me something substantial.

I want to have something substantial to say or I'm just not going to say anything.

I don't mind being in the public eye as long as I am doing something substantial.

Your big movie stars who've been in blockbusters generating a lot of dollars are looking for the meatier, substantive roles that they think will make the awards season.

Everyone knows about the substantive issues of concern, like federal health care, but very little is said about the process, the lack of accountability.

It's important, at least for me, that while we're entertaining, there's also something substantive to talk about.

The ostensible subject of my photographs may be motion, but the subtext is time. A dancer's movements illustrate the passage of time, giving it a substance, materiality, and space. In my photographs, time is stopped, a split second becomes an eternity, and an ephemeral moment is solid as sculpture.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

Most of us have a bias toward well-spoken and articulate storytellers. But make sure you keep an awareness of this at the front of your mind, for it can cause you to hire glib but unsubstantial people and overlook rare creative talent. Do not overestimate the importance of the person's articulateness.