Essence Quotes

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

The great thing about Stephen is that he sees the movie as a separate thing, I think. He wants it to capture the essence of the book, and if he feels that's been done, then he's not too particular about the details. I think that's why he's happy.

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to work a subject down to the simplest form possible and still have it believable for what it is meant to be.

To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.

The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.

The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you.

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.

All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.

The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.

We still by no means think decisively enough about the essence of action.

Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

My Food Network shows, 'Emeril Live' and 'Essence of Emeril,' are not in production right now, but I wouldn't say that I'm necessarily leaving Food Network. I have a lot of television still in me. I enjoy teaching people, so it's just a matter of time before I do something new.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof.

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.

I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress.

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.