#substance

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left. ↗

— Julian Clary

#act #away #being #gay #i

The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival. ↗

— Albert Claude

#cell #control #covered #earth #environment

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#become #dreams #i #life #live

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#am #country #duped #exciting #followers

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses. ↗

— Mario Cuomo

#american public #beyond #bring #feet #get

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#addiction #board #center #columbia #columbia university

I didn't want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance. ↗

— Fred Durst

#fart #i #jokes #just #laugh

My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance? ↗

— Colin Firth

#afterwards #big #case #instinct #me

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#am #below #different #far #how