What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.
George Bernard Shaw
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No matter how smart you are, you spend most of your day being an idiot.
Scott Adams
If it doesn't matter in five years, it doesn't matter.
M. C. Escher
A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!
Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
Benjamin Disraeli
The way I see it, it doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere.
Charles M. Schulz
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Irish Proverb
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Martin Luther King Jr.
As a matter of fact, as we discovered on the train, tomorrow never happens, man. It's all the same f***ing day, man.
Janis Joplin
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
Terry Josephson
I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.
William Shakespeare
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Horace Mann
Sometimes in poker, no matter how you play the hand, you can go broke on it because you have a hand that you just can't get away from. Sometimes it works out that way.
Aaron Rosenberg
If you have love in your life, it can make up for a great many things that are missing. If you don't have love in your life, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.
Ann Landers
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.
Wilma Rudolph
I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
Wilma Rudolph
A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.
Walt Disney
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
Jimmy Carter
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
Charlotte Bronte
Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
Lois McMaster Bujold
It does not matter much what a man hates provided he hates something.
Samuel Butler
I guess that's how death works. It doesn't matter if we're ready or not. It just happens.
Randy K. Milholland
In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.
Randy K. Milholland
Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.
Lois McMaster Bujold
It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions.
Randy K. Milholland
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from 'won't power' to 'will power.'
Peter McWilliams
It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
Gore Vidal
I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, theres a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.
Tupac Shakur
When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
Erma Bombeck
Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
Publilius Syrus
Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.
Lance Armstrong
God, I don't have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in you may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the lives of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.
Real Live Preacher
And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no matter as Kansas leads in the eighth four-to-four.
Jerry Coleman
The truth of the matter is that facts seldom prove the truth. Why? Because truth is inly found in a journey.
Harold J. Duarte bernhardt
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
George Carlin
It's totally in the hands of the artists. These are all very popular shows, so no matter what, the good tickets are hard to come by.
Jack Larson
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Albert Einstein
Coach (Sam Mitchell) made adjustments and we executed well. It's a matter of us playing how we know how to play.
Darrick Martin
Ultimately, no matter how many projects you considered, you can't please everyone.
Henry Fawell
It's millions and millions of dollars. We know there's a lot of interest, it's just a matter of will it work out and for who.
Bob Schulz
The doctors told us it would be a matter of hours (before she died). But it wasn't. It was another week.
Becky Holland
Our guys are going to fight no matter what the situation is. We're just looking at it as we've got to win two games to get to state.
Chris O'connor
We've got quite a few alligators out here, as a matter of fact, and they're a lot of fun to watch when you see them out here in the lake, but we haven't had any problems with the alligators.
Jack Huntley
As a matter of principle, the church never disclosed the 'not guilty' verdicts.
Hubert Wolf
I think it's a matter of, that's the market.
Steve Parrott
I went from a state of disappointment, in not getting the bunt down, to disbelief in a matter of two pitches.
Ben Johnson (baseball Player)
It was a matter of elimination. We got there Wednesday morning with about 30 guys in the locker room. Then at 8:15, there were 25 guys in the locker room. No one called or said anything. Everyone on the 25-man roster had a set of luggage in front of his locker.
Chris Resop
There are so many different estimates out there now. No matter how many people we get in, we will be able to help.
Whitney Ellis
We're third in district. No matter if we win or lose (today), we'll still be third.
Della Rector
I think there'd be a lawsuit out there no matter what we did. There'd be a lawsuit or an Office of Civil Rights complaint.
Laura Searcy
We are looking into the matter. We will take appropriate action.
Barbara Helfferich
Everyone knows you can hire a lawyer to say anything. It really doesn't matter what a lawyer hired by the Chamber of Commerce thinks. It matters what the judges think.
Tom Hucker
If I fought it, it would have been an even bigger deal than it was. You've just got to be able to accept it no matter what happens.
Monta Ellis
It doesn't matter what we say; what we bring to them (or) what we do. They are not going to believe us.
Richard Detoto
We all believed in ourselves. It was a matter of confidence and that creates a fine line between winning and losing.
Patrice Bergeron
No matter what the Bush administration does, the public is never going to believe they're doing everything they can in the Gulf. That's the box the administration is in.
Chuck Todd
There are enormously long lags from a change in exchange rates to impact on production and employment. ...The dollar has already weakened and frankly this kind of move isn't going to matter very much.
James Annable
I am proud of them. No matter what the score was, they always played hard until the very end of each game and gave me all they had. We didn't have much height but played great defense.
Dana Scott
As a teacher, Jon's very professional and able to instruct people with many levels of cooking experience. No matter if you're a beginner or very experienced, you can always learn new things from him about cooking.
Mary Elaine Lozosky
We take this matter very seriously and realize time is of the essence.
Christine Karbowiak
He is a complete goof and so stylish, I mean everything about Franz is about chic, it doesn't really matter if there's peace in Bosnia as much as if they're beautifully dressed at the peace table.
Martin Short
It is probably not going to happen, ... At this point, I have had no indication from the members that we need to have a formal hearing to adequately explore this matter.
Gerald Garrett
The matter was brought to our notice by the match referee who requested that an exception be made and the Indians' request be accommodated.
Agha Zahid
At the end of a matter ask, "what will I learn from this to make me better?"
Mary Anne Radmacher
I'm ready to just go out and enjoy this, no matter what happens.
Matt Berry
It doesn't matter who we play now, ... we got the confidence. I think this woke our team up, to flip a game like that.
Ramon Hernandez
I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, but it doesn't matter. She's Madonna.
Jennifer Moore
She's super lucky she didn't have any major injuries. It's just a matter of how sore she is after a crash like that. Whenever you crash in downhill and walk away without injuries you're definitely lucky.
Kirsten Clark
But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical because we just don't have room for it in our budget.
Alex Padilla
Most scientists - no matter what they're doing, good or bad - never get any attention at all.
Marc Abrahams
For that matter, is the Saudi government doing as much as it can to stop its young men from trooping to Iraq to kill Americans?
Bill Kristol
Georgetown knows how to set the ball up and they can finish really nicely. It was a matter of us giving them an inch and them taking it.
Bonnie Rosen
Do I support it? Well I believe in bringing issues to a head I believe in tackling issues and tackling them head on and in order to do that sometimes you have to you know bring attention to the matter and sometimes that's the best way to do it.
Gus Garcia
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
Robert A. Heinlein
No matter if you are a Democrat, a Republican or an independent, people in Maine love land conservation. Maine has been a leader in this.
Patrick Mcgowan
Enforce the judgement no matter who stands in the way.
Ron Goldman
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
Robert A. Heinlein
It's a matter of putting four rounds together, hoping on your bad day, because you'll have a bad day, you can at least shoot a 70.
Nick O'hern
Those people who think only of themselves, are hopelessly uneducated. They are not educated, no matter how instructed they may be.
Nicholas Murray Butler
No matter how much hatred and contempt you have for what that man did in the '70s and '80s, it's about what happened in this case. It's about the law. Without the law we have nothing. It's what our country was founded on.
Leonard Levine
The conference is so balanced and so wide open this year that it doesn't matter who we play; whether they're last place or first place, we gotta win them all.
Tim Sinicki
(Harper?s run) would have been a great thing if it was fully legal. It wasn?t, but the kids kept their heads up and they kept fighting. It?s just a matter of being consistent and pushing and believing in themselves.
Charles Cole
It was one of those days where she was going to hit the ball no matter who was throwing. She had a solid game from her first at-bat.
Jamie Richardson
We believe every agent, no matter who they're employed by, should be licensed. We believe products should be regulated by function, and insurance, being a state regulated product, should be regulated at the state level.
Paul Equale
As a matter of fact, you know I am rather sorry you should see the garden now, because, alas! it is not looking at its best. Oh, it doesn't compare to what it was last year.
Ruth Draper
Family planning is a matter of personal choice, which might differ according to economic and social conditions.
Sheikh Tantawi
Violence within the family is a matter of power and lack of accountability.
Paul Greening
There is certainly a belief that the state can never get enough revenue. This is a source of revenue no matter how unfair or how difficult it is on families.
Victoria Cobb
They'll do just fine. From what I can see, it doesn't matter who we put in there. They'll get the job done.
Tony Taylor
It doesn't matter who we play. We're just going to go out and play Carolina basketball. If it's Maryland, we play Maryland. If it's Duke, we play Duke. It doesn't matter.
La'tangela Atkinson
The metal boxes will have keys and be located on side streets. It is a matter of safety with our carriers.
Debra Mitchell
No. Losing is losing, and you never get used to it no matter if you're in high school or college or the big leagues.
Josh Willingham
It was just a matter of redefining some things. He just needed a little work around the bag.
Steve Noworyta
It's a loss. We are 2-1. What happened last year doesn't matter. We beat them once and lost to them once. We lost to them when it counted and that's all that matters about last year.
Alan Faneca
We guarantee our work and see the process through to the end, no matter what.
Lee Densmore
She had a big night. You can always credit hitters for hitting well, but if they aren't getting a good ball, it doesn't matter how good a hitter is.
Brian Doyon
I knew it would happen. Just when was the question. But at this point in time, it doesn't matter if it happened last year or now. It's done. That's the most important thing to me.
Dominique Wilkins
Men know everything - all of them- all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.
Andrea Dworkin
It was a matter of taking opportunities when they came. Both teams had chances but we came out on top!
Frank Murray
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Henry Fielding
It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.
Real Live Preacher
Katrina has paved the way to ethnic cleansing - Black removal, no matter how you look at it. We're planning for a huge mobilization to keep Katrina on the agenda.
Mtangulizi Sanyika
Two-thirds of our clients are dual-income families . . . it's a matter of time, stress, disposable income.
Mark Richardson
Pretty much our destiny is in our own hands. If we take care of business with them, it really doesn't matter what they do.
Chris Denove
Whenever you face Southern, you are going to see the same thing. You are going to see physical defense and guys that believe they are going to win, no matter what the score is.
Porter Moser
A 33-year-old man wrote that in a matter of weeks. A 67-year-old man can't come back to it.
John Guare
I love the way he comes out for Davis Cup. He brings that energy, he likes the big stage and things matter in Davis Cup. I like the way he's performed in Davis Cup and I like what I've seen from him.
Patrick Mcenroe
Our message is, no matter what side of the issue your are on, get out there and vote. We want a clear message. Absolutely.
Jennifer Allyn
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
Satchel Paige
We're going to have to go out there and earn it, though. We had a lot of guys coming back this year. It doesn't matter how few guys you lose, the chemistry always changes. Talent only gets you so far. Chemistry ... has to come with it.
Chris Petersen
It's a matter of someone doing the legwork to contact those churches and have them put it in every Sunday bulletin, ... And these are economically feasible ways to advertise. The NAACP branches aren't going to charge the school districts. The churches are going to be ecstatic the districts contacted them.
John Jordan
Whether I start or not is up to the coach, but we have such a good group attitude that it doesn't matter who plays.
Rafa Marquez
War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
George Clemenceau
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
Marguerite de Valois
It was very big to get that win and something we kind of played off. I felt no matter what happened that we had a successful run, but it was of major importance to the kids to get that win. I could really tell in the fourth quarter and there was a lot of excitement.
Todd Engle
He had some errors behind him. They were plays we should have made, but when you come back and win, it doesn't matter as much.
Scott Downing
It was a foregone conclusion that he would break the record, it was just a matter of when and now it's past and we can focus on the rest of the season.
Steve Bell
Style is primarily a matter of instinct.
Bill Blass
No matter what condition you're in, that hill will kick you in the butt. For everyone, it's tough. But for me, it was really tough. If you don't make it, you can't be a Warrior. It's a great test.
Mauli'a Labarre
You know, you lose you're out. So it's time to no matter what, no excuses, to put the ball in the hole. I kind of got that mentality and if I was open, I was going to put it in.
Heather Ezell
It doesn't matter if you know everything if you don't do anything about it.
Adam Christensen
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Henry Miller
I've known since last year I was going to run. It was just a matter of who was going to be running with me.
Chad Caldwell
I'm doing everything possible, and everything right. It's just a matter of time.
Carlos Beltran
I have not been told where to go yet. But no matter what the position is, I'm determined to accomplish Japan's reform and create a Japan we can be proud of.
Shinzo Abe
With ceramic capacitors, a lot of the content really is proprietary intellectual property. But with standard interconnects, it doesn't matter. Everybody knows exactly what's in the component. So in that case, the lack of full disclosure is a cop out.
Michael Kirschner
It's a matter of faith. Investors are being asked to be patient.
Dan Geiman
Swift action must be taken to take care of the matter and set the facts straight.
David Wang
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.
Bill Shankly
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
Iris Murdoch
It's been a long time, but it doesn't matter.
Dustin Hermanson
Hitler invaded in March 1938 and everything after that went downhill. My husband was in the concentration camp and everything was taken - but material values at the time didn't matter one bit. It was only after that it did matter.
Maria Altmann
No matter what we do, or how it's getting done, at some point it's going to be about Michigan and Michigan State, ... You can bet it's going to come up.
Lorenzo White
It will come. It's a matter of timing.
Joe Werner
A Human Thought is an actual EXISTENCE, and a Force and Power, capable of acting upon and controlling matter as well as mind.
Albert Pike
It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
Richard Feynman
It's a matter of who do you trust, ... I trust the governor.
Dan Walker
We never find smaller amounts of dark matter or more concentrated dark matter.
Gerry Gilmore
I wouldn't miss this for anything. We've done this in all kinds of weather, and it doesn't matter what the conditions are, the kids are going to get their Christmas.
Tom Pickard
Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce.
Natalie Goldberg
I really thought it'd be a matter of which team showed up. They did show up, but we showed up too.
Dave Ketterman
Hopefully, I can change things. I think I'll hit where I deserve to hit in the lineup if I'm swinging the bat well. You know, it doesn't matter that much. Hopefully it's somewhere in the middle, where I think I can help us win games.
Justin Morneau
It doesn't feel like we're Goliath, it feels like we're David in this matter.
Jack Roberts
It's not fun, but it's a part of the job. It's training camp and you are in Miami, Florida. You know what to expect when you are down here ... because it's going to be there no matter where you go.
Randy Mcmichael
Let Rice mind her own business. Palestinian elections are an internal Palestinian matter. We don't interfere in American elections, and we will not accept American or foreign interference in our elections.
Nayef Rajoub
Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.
Charles Lindbergh
No, sir, I'm here for an eternity. It's what I do now, and no matter what happens out here, I want to do it forever -- either to the point where I can't make any money at it, or something happens that I'm too injured to go on.
Will Mackenzie
I certainly hope we don't see one, but I also realistically know that the way the hurricane seasons have been going ... the more active seasons ... for me it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.
Joe Thomas
This is a matter for the Central Bank, which has a very cautious policy. We aren't going to see any sharp changes.
Oleg Vyugin
He's great. We'll do very little work with him now, it's just a matter of keeping him ticking over.
Martin Brassil
A lot of these things are a matter of trust.
Gord Forstner
Pretty slim, bottom line. Fifteen days of nothing. It doesn't matter if you're better after that or not. It might be better, might not.
Ben Sheets
The fact of the matter is that Hong Kong is going back to China and C.H. has the ability to work with China as well as the Hong Kong people. Tung's approach is by building a bridge to get to know China better, have a better relationship with China, so that China will let us have our way of life long into the future.
David Chu
It's hard being so close for so long. It gets tough on the family, always bouncing around and wondering what's coming next. But it doesn't matter where I am -- I'm happy.
Brian Cooper
We're willing to pay a reasonable amount to put this matter behind us. We want to go back to focusing on our business and not on ancient history.
Andrew Levin
It makes this first game that much more difficult. You know you are going to face the best pitcher, and you have to throw your best. It doesn't matter who you play, usually.
Bart Britton
It's young errors and it's just a matter of experience. The difference today was our effort and attitude.
Helene Hooker
I don't think it's likely that the matter can be resolved that easily. My lawyers have suggested that I should make it clear to you what I want. And what I'm looking for is a change of counsel.
Theodore Kaczynski
It's a matter of employees working right now.
Rob Stillwell
That's the way it is. You know that's the way it's going to be. It doesn't matter what happens the rest of the season; you figure it's going to come down to the end and that's the way it's going to be.
Darin Erstad
Given that this was not a criminal matter, restitution does not apply in this situation. Also, there were no attorney fees (involved).
Stephanie Jones
When you come in our doors, it doesn't matter if we can afford to take you; you're going to get the same great care as anyone else.
Mark Hazelwood
All I thought about was we have to win no matter who gets the shot.
Allison Daly
It was just a matter of getting pitches to hit. Once we got the pitches we were able to put good swings on the ball and put up some big numbers.
Ryan Hastings
The process is always the same, it doesn't really matter what the object is, whether it's a prototype or whether it's for production.
Marc Newson
It doesn't mean a thing. We've got to bring our best game to win in the playoffs, no matter who we play.
Bret Hedican
Producing the sound in this way is easy. But mastering its awesome and unexpected possibilities is another matter.
Stanley Jordan
They really want to get out of this case already because ... no matter what, even if you are under US custody, your liberty is constrained.
Benjamin Formoso
Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Satchel Paige
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.
Georges Clemenceau
That's what I love so much about this team. We have some warriors here. We have some guys who go out there and fight. That's the best thing about this team. No matter what happens, we just keep fighting. You have to love that.
Brian Dawkins
We just have to go out there and prove everybody wrong. We're going to put a talented team on the field, no matter what. We just don't have very much experience.
Josh Johnson
Most everybody expects they're going to hand it to us. We're going to play like us, no matter who we play.
Ryan Robertson
As a practical matter, it has proven difficult to either reform or abolish the CIA, ... The logical alternative may be to simply create an entirely new agency.
Steven Aftergood
If you're a car enthusiast, no matter what type of car you like, you're probably going to see it there.
Chip Foose
I wonder how many people have heard of ECMA? I wonder how many people make actions based on ECMA? For that matter, how many people make their decisions based on standards as a whole?
David Smith
It's hard no matter where you are in the world, it's always a bit of a battle, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Andrew Jack
He had his mind set for what he wanted. And he was going to get it no matter what, ... He went into the Army thinking, 'I'll give it a try.'
James Barber
While having the Super Bowl in the Bay Area is exciting for the fans and great for the businesses, our focus is on playing in the game no matter what city it's in.
Aaron Salkin
We've got some pretty good arms. It's just a matter of throwing strikes and whether we can make the plays behind them.
Travis Barbary
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