#substance

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#bred #competition #desire #doubt #foremost

People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#people #show #substance #think

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#becomes #begins #between #death #emotion

I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface. ↗

— Christian Slater

#between #bit #done #films #i

An alcoholic is someone you don't like, who drinks as much as you do. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#definitions #humor #substance-abuse #humor

Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#also #arrive #conclusions #how #i

In the coming year, I believe we can make sure America lives up to its legacy as a land of opportunity if the President is willing to back up his rhetoric with substance. ↗

— Ron Kind

#back #back up #believe #coming #his

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#american #american dream #came #concrete #dream

Those entrusted with arms... should be persons of some substance and stake in the country. ↗

— William Windham

#country #entrusted #persons #should #some

Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth. ↗

— Stella Atrium

#writing-craft #writing-craft