Substantial Quotes

We replanted. The loss was substantial, but it was overshadowed completely by losing you. — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

It seems from my unique vantage point as both scientist and editor of JSE that substantial evidence exists of "something going on". — Bernard Haisch

Man is a substantial emigrant on a pilgrimage of being , and it is accordingly meaningless to set limits to what he is capable of being. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Hereditary cancer syndromes are characterized by substantial but not absolute risks of specific cancers. — Katherine Schneider

I used to collect comic books. I had a substantial collection. I collect records also, but those have gone the way of the world. — Robin Zander

Science exacts a substantial entry fee in effort and tedium in exchange for its insights. — Carl Sagan

Make an impact ..make a substantial impact !'-Dalia Qutob — Fida Fayez Qutob & Dalia Qutob

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. — Criss Jami

I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred. — Christopher Moore

Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use. — Roger Scruton

A substantial daily intake of alcohol was the perfect way to stay in shape. — Simon Napier-Bell

There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition. — William F. Albright

And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading. — Jane Austen

Instead of getting a soft fence against the cold, shadowy, unapplausive audience of his life, had he only given it a more substantial presence? — George Eliot

The lack of substantial resources and staffing along the Northern U.S. border poses a real security threat. — Mark Kennedy

It may be small comfort, but I believe Rafe doesn't want to kill you."
A light laugh escaped her lips. "Actually, that is a substantial comfort. — Brooklyn Ann

(A substantial fraction of the atoms in the body of a typical physicist were once in the form of pizza.) — Sean Carroll

No one can realize how substantial the air is, until he feels its supporting power beneath him. It inspires confidence at once. — Otto Lilienthal

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality. — Richard Gere

Some people are so extremely whiffling and inconsiderable that they are as far from any real faults as from substantial virtues. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

If there is a substantial difference between a gay couple and a childless heterosexual couple, I'm unable to see it. — Daniel Keys Moran

Time, as a river, hath brought down to us what is more light and superficial, while things more solid and substantial have been immersed. — Joseph Glanvill

For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial. — Charlotte Bronte

Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner. — George Jean Nathan

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end. — Mark Boal

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot. — Ruth J. Simmons

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole — C. G. Jung

We need a much better understanding of the climate before making policy choices that would impose substantial economic costs on our Nation. — Ted Cruz

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people. — Matthew Continetti

I think something substantial will pass out of the House at some point during this term. — Justin Amash

Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? — Peg Bracken

I seek the substantial in life. — Jim Harrison

I didn't study writing. I didn't write anything substantial until I got to California. — Joss Whedon

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another. — Fred Brooks

I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that. — Helen Mirren

If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them. — Sun Tzu

As husband and wife, to have a happy life together, you must have confidence and respect, and you must have substantial agreement in your faith. — Billy Graham

The first moment of consciousness of the new being must be preceded by its substantial cause, which must be a moment of consciousness. — Dalai Lama XIV

...those victories they boast were not the substantial joys of the happy, but the empty comforts of wretched men... — Augustine Of Hippo

There is not substantial data that AZT stops the transmission of HIV from mother to child. There is too much conflicting data to make concrete policy. — Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset. — Yoshihiko Noda

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues. — Jesse Ventura

Try and stop your thoughts. Be patient and then the kundalini will flow through you and bring about substantial changes in your awareness. — Frederick Lenz

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. — Theresa May

Another expert, David Jablonski, characterizes mass extinctions as "substantial biodiversity losses" that occur rapidly and are "global in extent. — Elizabeth Kolbert

No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press. — Amartya Sen

It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title. — T.F. Hodge

In Michigan recently a man won a lawsuit for substantial damages because, he claimed, a rear-end collision in his car had made him a homosexual. — Simon Blackburn

Money is just a piece of paper. Money burns. You know what I mean? Money is nothing substantial to me. You know what I mean? It's the enemy of music. — Christofer Drew

Habit is a powerful means of advancement, and the habit of eternal vigilance and diligence, rarely fails to bring a substantial reward. — Lewis Howard Latimer

Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal? — Nancy Gibbs

Studies have failed to find any
substantial evidence proving a relationship between sugar consumption and hyperactivity. — Mark Leyner

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails. — Edward Bellamy

The only continent not in equilibrium is Africa, where a substantial share of capital is owned by foreigners. — Thomas Piketty

O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard, Being in night, all this is but a dream, Too flattering-sweet to be substantial — William Shakespeare

Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial? — Jeff Daniels

The past is never done with us in any substantial way. The most cursory examination reveals its bloody fingerprints on every surface of our lives. — Joe Schreiber

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing. — Charles Lamb

Adaptation seems to be, to a substantial extent, a process of reallocating your attention. — Daniel Kahneman

Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions. — Jaron Lanier

George Bush has met more foreign heads of state than I have. But a substantial number of them were dead. — Jesse Jackson

No matter the intervention, developing readers must spend substantial instructional time actually reading if they are to attain reading competence. — Donalyn Miller

SingTel has made substantial investments in markets with high growth potential in South Asia, such as India and Bangladesh. — Chua Sock Koong

Between an egg that is fried and an egg that is cremated there is a wide and substantial difference. — P.G. Wodehouse

The scholarship on music and poetry in Mexico - and Latin America more generally - has yet to receive substantial historical attention. — Stephen Neufeld

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily ... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself. — Erica Jong

A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude. — Joseph Addison

I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay! — Quentin Crisp

There are still substantial areas of disagreement, .. you simply have to look at the public statements to see there is a significant gap. — David Trimble

There is a savor of life and immortality in substantial fare. Like balloons, we are nothing till filled. — Herman Melville

The Gold Rush and the Pony Express made Sacramento a substantial place in terms of enterprise. — Wayne Thiebaud

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God. — John Bunyan

Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge. — Anthony Kennedy

No earthly act escapes its eternal echoes, echoes more substantial than the acts themselves. — Geoffrey Wood

Without getting into specifics, I assure you we are looking at very substantial opportunities for Loon - Google-scale opportunities. — Astro Teller

A pop song that's as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us up the same way when we sing it. — David Levithan

most dependable things in the world are not of any significant use to any substantial problems. — Catherine Lacey

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and tour with an orchestra. — Billy Porter

Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good. — Hannah More

The master dwells in the substantial and not in the superficial. Rests in the fruit and not in the flower. — Lao-Tzu

I could not really complain, because he had only given me his word of honor as security; I ought to have required of him something substantial. — Mark Twain

As accidental as my life may be, or as that random humor is, which governs it, I know nothing, after all, so real or substantial as myself — Anthony Ashley Cooper

By thinking continuously your past or your future, you kill your today which is the only substantial part of your life! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. — Thorstein Veblen

You can't build a substantial V out of turtles! — Dr. Seuss

It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush. — George Galloway

Substantial things deaden a man without suffering; love awakens him with enlivening pains. — Kahlil Gibran

Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. — Xaviera Hollander

I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow. — Abbey Lincoln

We will have nothing substantial to offer anyone else so long as we have not first mastered the art of being patient midwives to our own thoughts. — Alain De Botton

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial. — Nahum Tate

The Helmand area used to be the breadbasket of Afghanistan. There was a time when a substantial number of the grapes we ate came from Afghanistan. — Des Browne

Sound policy is never at variance with substantial justice. — Samuel Parr

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial. — David Cameron

When it comes to expanding opportunity, businesses and young adults are not the sources of the problem - they are a substantial part of the solution. — Gerald Chertavian

Feelings, like waves, look more substantial than they are. — Peter Kreeft

Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life-style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity. — Roger Wolcott Sperry

There is a substantial correlation between an election year and how the market finishes. — Louis Navellier

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round. — Roy Blount Jr.

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income — Roy Jenkins