Material Quotes

Natural religion itself, seems to decay very much. Many will have human souls to be material: others make God himself a corporeal being.

I used to think that having many material things would increase one’s stock of happiness. I found that to be completely untrue. The trappings don’t make the man at all.

One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?

This life gets lonely when everybody wants something.

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope and that’s all I had.

I write all of my material. It’s all me.

Lisp isn’t a language, it’s a building material.

Nobody’s strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I’m not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don’t spend lots of money on stuff. I’m not really into TV, I don’t have an iPod, I’ve got a gramophone.