Best 5806 quotes in «matter quotes» category

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Inevitably, the flood of literary pornography loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to raise the ante, to provide stronger and stronger stimulants. Or try to provide them, since both the manner, the naming of parts and the few inexpressive four-letter words, and the matter, are narrowly limited.

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

In every situation, no matter what first appears. Find the good that is always there, and change that fear to cheer.

In fact, the more each person can remove his or her ego from the discussion and focus on the subject matter, the more fruitful the conversation will be for all involved.

In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life.

In fact, my mother always says that emotions are what the gods gave us to distract us from the pain of life. They are what make life bearable and what keeps us going no matter how hard it gets. (Alix)

In fact, soon after that [South African sanctions], I was going on an official visit to the UK and Margaret Thatcher instructed every minister to clear the decks of any outstanding matters between us - Australia and the Brits. And she went out of her way to make sure that that was as successful a visit as it possibly could be.

In families there are frequently matters of which no one speaks, nor even alludes. There are no words for these matters. As the binding skeleton beneath the flesh is never acknowledged by us and, when at last it defines itself, is after all an obscenity.

Influence is a matter of selection - both acceptance and rejection.

Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself makes of man a God. First, let us be Gods, and then help other to be GOds. Be and Make. Let this be our motto.

In general, organizations are afraid to fire customers, no matter how unreasonable. This is a mistake. It's good for you.

In general all celebrities, no matter how they became a celebrity, or if they're an actor or singer or a model, whatever it is - that people are people and people have problems and there's nothing wrong with that at all.

In highly charged political matters, one person's ambiguity may be another person's truth.

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

In his clearest moments he thinks he has lost the ability to love, people or places or things, most of all the person and place and thing that he is. Without love nothing has value, nothing can be made to matter very much.

In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security, he was very often in the minority.

Initially, in starting to pick the songs for the live show, it was really a matter of picking songs that I loved over the years. As far as the album goes, it happened very naturally.

In love matters; keep your pen from paper.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter." I wrote that on a scrap of paper and put it above my desk. That was the thing that pushed me through to the end of telling Despereaux, that comment, "Maybe they do...maybe stories matter.

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

In matters pertaining to the care of life there has been no marked gain over Greek and Roman antiquity.

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

In matters of equity between man and man, our Saviour has taught us to put my neighbor in place of myself, and myself in place of my neighbor.

In matters of money there's no such thing as enough.

In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us, ill or well, nothing but hypocrites.

In matters large and small, many people seemed concerned about churlishness, an ugliness in our relationships that appears to be increasing rather than decreasing.

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

In matters of sentiment, the public has very crude ideas; and the most shocking fault of women is that they make the public the supreme judge of their lives.

In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.

In matters editorial, I am a believer in totalitarian despotism. Most writers are lazy, difficult, selfish, thoughtless, and unreliable.

In matters of principle, stand like a rock.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

In matters of faith, inconvenient evidence is always suppressed while contradictions go unnoticed.

In matters of goodness, never expect any compliment or appreciation; just do your goodness and disappear!

In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.

In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.

In matters of the heart it is always better to want something you don't have than to have something you don't want.

In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.

In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record - it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart.

In money matters no relationship counts; money hardens all hearts.

In my experience, men are not necessarily less sensitive or compassionate than women are, and women are not necessarily any less aggressive or competitive than men are - as a matter of fact, often they are more so!

In my life right now, in my music, and just overall I feel like I'm winning. It doesn't matter what this person is saying or what the charts are saying or what award shows are saying, the public opinion doesn't matter. I feel like I'm winning in my spirit.

Innocent people never deserve to die no matter what.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

In politics nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

In other words, the barbaric acts carried out in this building were probably almost a matter of routine.

In politics intentions count for nothing; actions are what matter.