(692 quotes found)
“The only thing you will ever possess is yourself, and that only briefly, if at all.”
Rain Bojangles
“Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.”
Claude M. Bristol
“Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.”
Walter Gropius
“When you stress individualism, as this country does; materialism, as this country does; personal weaponry, as this country does; and racial hatred, which is part of our heritage as white Europeans; and then you add the volatile ingredient of "nothing”
George Carlin
“I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.”
Alan Greenspan
“Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.”
James Joyce
“It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage”
Jawaharlal Nehru
“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
Willa Sibert Cather
“We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories.”
Cecil Rhodes
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