#material

I am, indeed, an absolute materialist so far as actual belief goes; with not a shred of credence in any form of supernaturalism—religion, spiritualism, transcendentalism, metempsychosis, or immortality. ↗

— H.P. Lovecraft

#immortality #materialism #naturalism #religion #supernatural

In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order. ↗

— Walter Rudolf Hess

#being #changes #context #energy #fact

Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#beginning #civilization #communication #each #enabled

If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#days #depressing #family #guilty #guilty pleasure

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#car #day #delta #door #every

When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it. ↗

— Jack Lemon

#about #absolutely #admit #afraid #being

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#i #materialize #movies #never #shows

This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio. ↗

— Kenny Marchant

#blatantly #broadcast #core #country #discouraged

I don't love comedy but I can watch someone who's kind of interesting forever. I think a waitress who's having a bad day is a lot more fun than Robin Williams doing forty minutes of material. ↗

— Bruce McCulloch

#bad day #comedy #day #doing #forever

The worst thing that an actor can do is go into any project with a lack of respect for the material. You can have an opinion about it, but you have to respect yourself in doing it. ↗

— Alfred Molina

#actor #any #doing #go #into