Essential Quotes

2422 Essential quotes by 1671 unique authors

This is the essential evil of vice: it debases a man. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Poetry has to be something more than a conception of the mind. It has to be a revelation of nature. Conceptions are artificial. Perceptions are… — Wallace Stevens
Nothing is more essential in the treatment of serious disease than the liberation of the patient from panic and foreboding. — Norman Cousins
Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the… — Alfred North Whitehead
The continuation of authority has frequently proved the undoing of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential to the system of popular governments, because there is… — Simon Bolivar
On the stage it is always now; the personages are standing on that razor-edge, between the past and the future, which is the essential character… — Thornton Wilder
The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view. Publicity is therefore… — William Jennings Bryan
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is… — Felix Frankfurter
Respect for the word - to employ it with scrupulous care and an incorruptible heartfelt love of truth - is essential if there is to… — Dag Hammarskjold
The existence of pleasure is the first mystery. The existence of pain has prompted far more philosophical speculation. Pleasure and pain need to be considered… — John Berger
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a… — Milan Kundera
The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. — Isadora Duncan
We recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put… — John Drinkwater
Who are we?' And to me that's the essential question that's always been in science fiction. A lot of science fiction stories are - at… — David Gerrold
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your… — Lee Iacocca
There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive. — Lee Iacocca
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion. — Arnold Bennett
You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. — Ken Burns
Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that… — Marian Wright Edelman
But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion… — Tony Blair
Health reform is an essential part of restoring America's economy and maintaining our competitiveness. — Max Baucus
What world is there for us where our essential nature - and its right to live free - is one and the same? — Guy Finley
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
It is always the task of the intellectual to "think otherwise." This is not just a perverse idiosyncrasy. It is an absolutely essential feature of… — Harvey Cox
A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence… — Michelle Malkin

Who Wrote These Essential Quotes

1,671 authors contributed a total of 2,422 Essential Quotes, led by these top contributors: