Essentially Quotes

973 Essentially quotes by 803 unique authors

And I think back over my own life and I realize that my own nature-the core me-essentially hasn’t changed all these years. When I wake… — Douglas Coupland
The gods weave misfortunes for men, so that the generations to come will have something to sing about.” Mallarmé repeats, less beautifully, what Homer said;… — Jorge Luis Borges
Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and… — Piers Anthony
Essentially, I'm a very real person; good and bad. And the public image is one of being very good, I suppose. But one of the… — Unknown Author
Throughout the book, she refers to herself as "the side effect," which is just totally correct. Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless… — John Green
The crisis of physical hunger is essentially a crisis of faith. What or whom will you trust to meet your most basic needs? Will you… — Charles R. Swindoll
You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath. — Sinclair Lewis
Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. — Andre Gide
Despite the fact that she was essentially comatose, she somehow made his whole house feel different just by being there. Before it had been just… — Julie James
Mother, recently I have discovered the one way in which human beings differ completely from other animals. Man has, I know, language, knowledge, principles, and… — Osamu Dazai
To Jacob the act of critiquing art was essentially imprecise. That's why he didn't read reviews on anything he liked, be it a book, a… — Tiffanie DeBartolo
We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a… — Wendy Mass
When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. There may be a superficial escape – into different… — Julian Barnes
In that six months, so much happened that death seemed, primarily, inconvenient. The trial period was extended. I seem to keep extending it. There are… — Marya Hornbacher
I don't want you to leave Which is exactly why I should. But don't worry. I'm essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too… — Stephenie Meyer
Don't try to behave as though you were essentially sane and naturally good. We're all demented sinners in the same cosmic boat - and the… — Aldous Huxley
It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the… — Alain de Botton
For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.… — Albert Ellis
We humans look rather different from a tree. Without a doubt we perceive the world differently than a tree does. But down deep, at the… — Carl Sagan
Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I… — Andrea Gibson
Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation,… — Anne Bronte
For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. — HalldÃ³r Laxness
To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. — Janet Erskine Stuart
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation. — William Herbert Sheldon
These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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