Quotes About Material

I think that if you're a good enough actor you hope that eventually the material will find you.

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.

I quickly convinced myself that the true key to material happiness lay in a modest standard of living which could be achieved with little difficulty under almost all economic conditions.

The roots of addiction can be seen in our search for happiness in something outside of our self, be it drugs, relationships, material possessions.

If you're an adult and still think material wealth leads to happiness, might I suggest not being a moron.

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

Good heavens, of what un costly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.

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.

Having instant feedback on twitter to research material I'm considering is an enormous help.

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.

by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive.

Goddess was made in my home in France. The material retained an integrity whit it would have lost in Los Angeles studio.

As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.

I hope to direct a few more films before I leave the planet, so I hope I can find the material.

Physically you are identical with and inseparable from the cosmic material substance, and socially you are inseparable from the large mass of humanity.

The function of abundance is not to possess things but to use them and gather experiences.

I did whatever it takes to do stand-up. There is an abundance of material in struggling and poverty and trying to make it. There is so much humor in that, it's unlimited.

Used titanium hunting knife: sixty-three dollars. Value: priceless.