Their Essential Quotes
14 quotes by 14 authors
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The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour…
— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,…
— Samuel Adams
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The humanities and science are not in inherent conflict but have become separated in the twentieth century. Now their essential unity must be re-emphasized, so…
— Lewis Mumford
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Cities are distinguished by the catastrophic forms they presuppose and which are a vital part of their essential charm. New York is King Kong, or…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this…
— Mortimer Zuckerman
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Our visual cortexes are wired to quickly recognize faces and then quickly subtract massive amounts of detail from them, zeroing in on their essential message:…
— Jonathan Franzen
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential…
— Madeleine M. Kunin
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Religious beliefs evolved by group-selection, tribe competing against tribe, and the illogic of religions is not a weakness but their essential strength.
— E. O. Wilson
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In their choice of lovers both the male and the female reveal their essential nature. The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours…
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Always run after opportunities to create peace between people, to find ways to bridge differences, please. Because as long as one person continues to feel…
— Yehuda Berg
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I wanted to give you a victory. But by their essential nature triumphs can’t be given.
— Lois McMaster Bujold
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You don't have any other society where the educated classes are so effectively indoctrinated and controlled by a subtle propaganda system - a private system…
— Noam Chomsky
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The thing I love most about my job is watching people age backward, becoming more lively and energetic as they free themselves from situations that…
— Martha Beck
Who Wrote These Their Essential Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 14 Their Essential Quotes as follows: