Quotes by Essence Man you can define; but the true essence of any man, say, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln, remains the endlessly elusive and mysterious object of the biographer's interest, of the historian's comments, of popular legend, and of patriotic devotion. Josiah Royce patrioticessencemen I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations. Joyce Tenneson lightphotographyessence For politics is in its essence as Adams had said, the 'systematic organization of hatred': either you were organized or you were not. Joyce Carol Oates organizationhatredessence Women all live a double standard, but this is actually sort of a beautifully grotesque parody of it. There's a weird kind of joy that I have in seeing [Hillary Clinton] trounce this essence of male bullshit. Joss Whedon bullshitessencejoy You heard it from the heart, you saw it in their eyes. Then I got used to the fact that I couldn't feel my fingers and my feet. That for me was the essence of the battle. Jude Law eyeessenceheart But the sensibility of the writer, whether fiction or poetry, comes from paying attention. I tell my students that writing doesn't begin when you sit down to write. It's a way of being in the world, and the essence of it is paying attention. Julia Alvarez essencewritingworld At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation. Julia Cameron essencewiseart If you were lucky, very lucky indeed, there were one or two people in your life who you could tell the unvarnished truth too, shell and egg. And that these people held the essence of you inside them. The rest would be conversations that ended when night fell, or the dinner part ended. Julia Gregson eggsessencenight People and dogs and cows are born to be what they are. They may cover it up for a long time, but it will come out sooner or later. Julia Peterkin natureessencedog In essence, I owe my career to Garry Marshall. There was no known reason for him to hire me for 'Pretty Woman.' Julia Roberts pretty-womancareersessence The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge. Julian Simon levelstechnologyessence Our sense of justice depends on our sense of time. Justice is a phenomenon only of consciousness, because time spread out in a spatial succession is its very essence. And this is possible only in a spatial metaphor of time. Julian Jaynes consciousnessessencejustice I always want to read something about our people's enslavement near the 4th. To keep it light, I also read Rolanda Watts' "Destiny Lingers" She is a sisterfriend and I ran into her at Essence. Then, I finished Paul Taylor's "The Next America." Taylor is the Executive VP at the Pew Research Center, and he uses their excellent data base to talk about the coming "generational showdown" which we are experiencing, at some level, in Black America. Julianne Malveaux destinylightessence Philosophy is at its most engaged when it is impure. What is being recovered from the Ancient Greek model is not some lost idea of philosophy's pure essence, but the idea that philosophy is mixed up with everything else. Julian Baggini essencephilosophyideas Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist. Julie Taymor importantartistessence I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does for awhile become family. Julie Andrews essencepeoplethinking Tradition, in its essence, is something simultaneously meta-historical and dynamic: it is an overall ordering force in the service of principles that have the chrism of a superior legitimacy (we may even call them 'principles from above'). Julius Evola historicalprinciplesessence The right of election is the very essence of the constitution. Junius constitutionelectionessence The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism. Jurgen Habermas transcendentalismterrorismessence In essence, money gives us the calories we need to survive. Over time, we became aware that exchange and cooperation increase our chances for survival. Eventually we create tools to facilitate trade. One of these tools is called money. Kabir Sehgal survivalessencegiving«4748495051525354555657»
