Essential Quotes

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone.

It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.

As a former professional patient advocate, I believe prescription drugs are an essential part of high-quality medical treatment, and I supported enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act.

In quiet moments when you think about it, you recognize what is critically important in life and what isn't. Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

Paint the essential character of things.

A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.

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 in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads.