Famous Quotes & Sayings

Protagoras

There are intelligible principles inherent in the matter of every phenomenon; because matter is essentially the sum of all the seemings that it has for any and all persons.

Publilius Syrus

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

Preston Manning

Nothing disturbs me more than superficiality and mere sloganizing on matters of public policy, and the suspicion that what the speaker is saying represents the full extent of his knowledge on the subject.

Nelson Mandela

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

Oren Peli

Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.

Oprah Winfrey

Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.

Oprah Winfrey

You were seen, you were heard and you matter.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

Margaret Cavendish

If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,They must in quantity of Matter all agree

Mark Twain

How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.

Leopold Stokowski

On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet - I am a martinetissimo.

Pablo Picasso

The only pictorial matter that is of interest to me is the matter and sentiments brought about by the work itself.

Irvin Kershner

I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.

Ina May Gaskin

Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.

Ida Lupino

I'd love to see more women working as directors and producers. Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power. I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

Gloria Steinem

Behave like everything you do matters.

Harry S Truman

We all have to recognise, no matter how great our strength, that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.

Ken Wilber

There is nothing in the universe but matter.

Keira Knightley

You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

Katherine Mansfield

Isn't life,' she stammered, 'isn't life--' But what life was she couldn't explain. No matter. He quite understood. 'Isn't it, darling?' said Laurie.

Kate Chopin

He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.

Keith Richards

We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it's just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.

Kevin Nealon

I don't smoke pot or cigarettes, so inhaling smoke as a non-smoker - it doesn't matter what it is, it's going to make you lightheaded.

There's a lot of teams out there, they don't know if they can do it. They all think they can, but they don't know. This team has done it. It's not just a matter of thinking we can do it. We know we can.

Georg Simmel

All relationships of people to each other rest, as a matter of course, upon the precondition that they know something about each other.

Michael Ian Black

It doesn't matter what you're chasing, when you get there you're gonna be like, "Oh, is this all? It kind of sucks."

Michael Eisner

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

Michael Emerson

Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see myself up there? Well, I don't.

Randy Pausch

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better

It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it

Shashi Tharoor

I make no bones about the fact that India matters to me, and I would like to matter to India.

Shane Carruth

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

Seamus Heaney

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost.