I've proven I'm courageous. I'm gutsier than anybody; I've…

Show business is, essentially, a fear-based industry.

— Michael Keaton

Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell looks like…

— Eve Ensler

The Democrats have essentially decided to move more toward central power, control of just about every aspect of our culture and economy.

— Jim DeMint

Since I've become a mom, I'm more about comfort and simplicity. I'm essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with…

— Jessalyn Gilsig

The TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you're doing that week.

— Jim Parsons

I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what we do…

— Dick Cheney

A lot of people don't know how to navigate: they think, once you become a Christian, you essentially have to become Ned Flanders.

— Andy Mineo

Music is essentially useless, as is life.

— George Santayana

For some reason, I don't like the term 'model-turned-actress' - which is what I am, essentially.

— Stephanie Corneliussen

Inflation is essentially antidemocratic.

— Ludwig von Mises

The truth is, for however much my stories come out of things that have happened to me, they're not darkly or as deeply personal…

— Eugene Mirman

I don't have answers for anybody else. What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There's never essentially a pure story unless…

— Barry Diller

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.

— Tom Peters

Say to yourself: 'Living essentially to please others is a monumental mistake.'

— George Robinson

I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band.

— Curt Smith