In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
Lord Chesterfield

It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.
David Bailey

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.
Roman Polanski

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.
Horace

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.
Loren Eiseley

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.
Norman Cousins

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.
Serj Tankian

My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm - as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a representative democracy.
Camille Paglia

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.
Brian Eno

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
Madame de Stael

We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.
Harry Callahan

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
David Mamet

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.
Steve Forbes

In philosophy, it is not the attainment of the goal that matters, it is the things that are met with by the way.
Henry Ellis

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
Walter Scott

I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
Vince McMahon

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
Friedrich Schiller

Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.
Madeleine Albright

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.
David R. Brower