A Quote by Ozwald Boateng

You can't have style if you don't have substance. — © Ozwald Boateng
You can't have style if you don't have substance.

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The only requirement of a symbol is that it have substance underneath: The first thing to do is to try to establish the substance. The style comes after the substance. Only then can the style help the substance, and vice versa.
We must reflect a holistic view of the leader, in three dimensions, character, substance and style. Character consists of the qualities that win trust whereas substance consists of the qualities that earn us credibility; style is the dimension of execution - getting others to get things done.
Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.
I try to teach my students style, but always as a part of life, not as ornament. Style has to come out of communicating coherent thought, not in sticking little flowers on speeches. Style and substance and a sense of life are the things literature is composed of. One must use one's own personality in relationship to life and language, of course, and everyone has such a relationship. Some people find it, some don't find it, but it's there.
Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.
Substance and content over style and hype any day.
When God measures a church, He begins with its depth not its breadth, with its substance not its style.
Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.
Style. People talk about it being stylish and beautiful, that's at the service of the story. Style for me means nothing without substance and there are moments and things about the film that are stylish but hopefully at the service of the story.
I'd hate it to become style over substance, I'd hate people to start putting me in a magazine article about my style. I don't like dressing up in something I'm not necessarily comfortable in just to make it more of a show. I want the power to come from what I sing about and how I sing.
How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight of what consumes and excites their inner drive.
Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Playing quarterback ... it's no joke ... The difference here with Johnny Manziel, there's a lot of style and very little substance.
Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!
Addiction isn't about substance - you aren't addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.
Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. Failure to distinguish clearly between the two is ruinous. Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.
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