Richard is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense." (on Richard Burton) — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Every Christian should find for himself the imperative and incentive to become holy. If you live without struggle and without hope of… — Patriarch Philaret of Moscow Copy Share Image
We are all part of a universal game. Returning to our essence while living in the world is the object of the… — Kenny Werner Copy Share Image
In essence I'm really a very traditional writer. I subscribe to the notion that, ultimately, characters do drive everything else. — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected,… — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The essence of God's action in wrath is to give people what they choose, in all its implications. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Record stores are the backbone of the recorded music culture. It's where we go to network, browse around, and find new songs… — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
Painting has the ability to communicate something about the sitter that gets to his essence. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held; instead of being… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Life is whole only when it isn't subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
You are my heart as it beats within my chest, my soul as it moves through my mind. The breath in my… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations. — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
The self as the essence of individuality is unitemporal and unique; as an archetypal symbol it is a God-image and therefore universal… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
There are atoms of air in your lungs that were once in the lungs of everyone who has ever lived. In essence,… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
A religious phenomenon will only be recognized as such if it is grasped at its own level, that is to say, if… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be in that particular spot...You have… — Dizzy Gillespie Copy Share Image