I’ve always believed no matter how many shots I miss, I’m going to make the next one. – Isaiah Thomas
The fact of the matter is, is that we need our borders secured. Certainly, we realize that there’s going to have to be some kind of immigration reform, but I don’t believe any of that’s going to move forward until our border is secured. – Jan Brewer
Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on. – Joseph B. Wirthlin
I would go to sketch groups and draw. I really enjoyed the subject matter, but I wasn’t good at it. – Jack Prelutsky
No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. – Hermann Ebbinghaus
I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it’s towards, aren’t I committing the same sin as someone who profiles? – Jay-Z
All peoples have evolved extraordinarily precise ways of settling issues about the things that matter to them. – Ian Hacking
Whatever I write, no matter how gray or dark the subject matter, it’s still going to be a comic novel. – John Irving
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. – James F. Cooper
What we should be doing is saving habitats, not single species, no matter what their cuteness factor. – John Burnside
Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. – Ivan Krastev
I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste. – Jerry Saltz
That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter. – Jonathan Dimbleby
If people are going to give, they’re going to give. And it doesn’t matter if you give a dollar or five dollars or a hundred dollars or a million dollars; it’s all according to your ability. – Jon Huntsman, Sr.
The older view of the nature of heat was that it is a substance, very fine and imponderable indeed, but indestructible, and unchangeable in quantity, which is an essential fundamental property of all matter. – Hermann von Helmholtz
What you find with singers, no matter where they’re from, if they have any kind of an accent, the accent tends to disappear when they sing. – Jason Alexander
Mountains are like the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter who anyone is or what they do. – Jimmy Chin
When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting. – Jerry Saltz
Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that. – Jeff Bezos
That’s the staggering, humorous thing about money. If you haven’t got taste, money doesn’t matter: You’ll always look ghastly. – Joanna Lumley
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we’re responsible. But the various sides of the debate have now become so tribal that it’s no longer a matter of changing our views as more information comes in. – Ian Mcewan
I’ve never met any artist who illustrated one of my books, although I’ve corresponded briefly with one. I have always been impressed by the technical expertise involved in the covers, even if sometimes puzzled by the subject matter. – Jane Lindskold