“Since it is the very substance of the animal, it is the blood which transports the fuel.If the animal did not habitually replace, through nourishing themselves,what they losethrough respiration, the lamp would very soon run out of oil and the animal would perish, just as the lamp goes out when it lacks fuel.”
Antoine Lavoisier
“I looked to animal and insect imagery to develop the lack of substance and wasted motion that my Terminator has. I tried to tap into the killer instinct inherent in animals, where they are locked onto a target and will walk through anything that gets between them and their intended target.”
Robert Patrick
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
Carl Gustav Jung
“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.”
William Shakespeare
“What is your substance, whereof are you made,That millions of strange shadows on you tend?”
“My ''fear''... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.”
Franz Kafka
“This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat content.”
Dave Barry