1. Matthew - Noun
2. Matthew - Proper noun
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel
one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount
Source: WordNetAll serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be it realistic, fantastic, Utopian or satiric, the construct of the artist is a counter-statement to the world. George Steiner
Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film. Claudia Schiffer
"Righteous Abel," says Matthew [23:34-45]. What luck! So there is a righteous race! No such thing: Abel dies leaving no children, a fact full of meaning. He is unable to transmit his righteousness. Jacques Ellul
On 30 Rock and Studio 60 and the Sunset Strip airing in the same year: "We'll probably end up doing a terrible crossover, where the Matthew Perry character on the drama rapes my character on the comedy-and then the ‘Law & Order' team solves the crime." Tina Fey
It is, I know, for I have experienced it perhaps twice in my life, an awful privilege to be too much loved and perhaps the kindest thing I ever did in my life was never to let Matthew know to what degree he had destroyed my peace and my happiness. Stephen Fry
"Those who have ears to hear, let them hear." (Vulgate, Matthew 11:15) Latin Proverb