Quotes about Essentially

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about. Votes: 4

Essentially, retweets are like laughs. Votes: 3

Essentially, yoga means dissolving your identity. Votes: 3

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil Votes: 3

Essentially what photography is is life lit up. Votes: 3

Essentially, he has been retired since he was 21. Votes: 3

Essentially Flight is just an adventure of multiple realities. Votes: 3

Essentially the soul of the planet is being controlled by corporations. Votes: 3

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life. Votes: 3

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians. Votes: 3

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me. Votes: 3

Essentially pursuit of happiness is saying, everything's allowed until we come down on it. Votes: 3

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. Votes: 3

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain. Votes: 3

Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible. Votes: 3

Essentially, meditation means to experientally realize that you are not an individual bubble - you are a universe. Votes: 3

In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution. Votes: 3

Essentially, I'm a small-part actor who's been lucky enough to play leading roles for most of his life. Votes: 3

Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people. Votes: 3

What does it mean to be psychic? Essentially it means to feel, rather than think all the time. Votes: 3

Essentially a joke is creating an idea, whether sonic or visual, whether it's something musical or a traditional joke. Votes: 3

Essentially the Succubus is a mythical figure - who used to come in and cause trouble with innocent men. Votes: 3

Essentially, we have a system where wealthy farmers feed the poor crap and poor farmers feed the wealthy high-quality food. Votes: 3

You had some unexpected help. You had help from God! Essentially, it became a handicap match! Me vs you and God! Votes: 3

Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs. Votes: 3

The Boy Scouts of America is no longer entirely what people think it is. Essentially, it has been hijacked by religious conservatives. Votes: 3

Essentially, mythologies are enormous poems that are renditions of insights, giving some sense of the marvel, the miracle and wonder of life. Votes: 3

Once DNA acquires the ability to persist forever, the carriers become disposable. Essentially, our bodies are designed to last long enough to reproduce. Votes: 3

I don't use a typewriter, I write longhand, with a pencil. Essentially I'm a horizontal writer. I think better when I'm lying down. Votes: 3

Essentially, all life depends upon the soil ... There can be no life without soil and no soil without life; they have evolved together. Votes: 3

When you meditate properly you are able to take your mind and merge it with the cosmos. Essentially, this causes your IQ to increase. Votes: 3

Essentially, we humans live well enough and long enough, and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events purely in our heads. Votes: 3

Essentially, your voice is an instrument; its a muscle, and you have to treat it like a muscle, and so you have to work it. Votes: 3

You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense of profound catharsis. Essentially it's celebratory. Votes: 3

Friendship is essentially a partnership. Votes: 2

The human body is essentially something other than an animal organism. Votes: 2

I am essentially a middle-aged woman who likes making up weird snack combinations and galloping. Votes: 2

My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone. Votes: 2

One of the things reading does, it makes your loneliness manageable if you are an essentially lonely person. Votes: 2

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all. Votes: 2

As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. Votes: 2

After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it. Votes: 2

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. Votes: 2

The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral. Votes: 2

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle. Votes: 2

Essentially, wines are fermented grape juice, so I'm trying to make the point that the wine world is about scores and marketing and kind of creating a scarce resource where they don't really exist. Votes: 2

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture. Votes: 2

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory. Votes: 2

Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple. Votes: 2

There was a time when liberalism was identified with anti-Communism. But the Vietnam War led liberals into the arms of the Left, which had been morally confused about Communism since its inception and had become essentially pacifist following the carnage of World War I. Votes: 2

For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide. Votes: 2

I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in touch with your more wild, free and powerful side. Votes: 2

The gospel of Jesus Christ encompasses much more than avoiding, overcoming, and being cleansed from sin and the bad influences in our lives; it also essentially entails doing good, being good, and becoming better. Repenting of our sins and seeking forgiveness are spiritually necessary, and we must always do so. Votes: 2

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke. Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. Votes: 2

Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone - that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity. Votes: 2

Self-dealing, essentially, occurs when managers run companies to line their own pockets instead of those of the companies' owners. It's been a perennial problem in American capitalism and became a real dilemma when America moved toward a model in which corporations would be run by professional managers who had only small ownership stakes. Votes: 2

I remember from my school days Archimedes jumping into his bath and displacing water and coming up with his famous principle, and of course Isaac Newton being hit on the head with an apple. In other words, this realm of human knowledge - which is mathematical, essentially - can have a playful visual element to it. Votes: 2

You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody. Votes: 2

I'm not going to say I'm not a fan, but I'm a fan of house music, essentially, and kind of indie, and I was always into the kind of sub-pop Seattle Mud Honey and Pearl Jam kind of sound. But my kind of big love was house music ever since I was 15/16, going to raves when I was 15 or 16 years old and not going to school, like a naughty boy. Votes: 2

Rage is essentially vulgar. Votes: 0

Inflation is essentially antidemocratic. Votes: 0

Government is essentially immoral. Votes: 0

All children are essentially criminal. Votes: 0

Good writing is essentially rewriting. Votes: 0

All money is essentially merchandize. Votes: 0

I essentially write for myself. Votes: 0

Formal art is essentially rational. Votes: 0

I am essentially a loner. Votes: 0

Buying and selling is essentially antisocial. Votes: 0

The West Bank is essentially imprisoned. Votes: 0

Science is an essentially anarchic enterprise... Votes: 0

Selling is essentially transference of feeling. Votes: 0

What foods are, essentially, are idea-neutral drugs. Votes: 0

Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism. Votes: 0

Government is essentially the negation of liberty. Votes: 0

Meditation essentially means having a great time. Votes: 0

To abstain from lying is essentially wholesome. Votes: 0

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity. Votes: 0

Worry is essentially a misuse of imagination. Votes: 0

NATO's essentially run by the United States. Votes: 0

We remain essentially a nation under siege. Votes: 0

People are essentially red meat. They are. Votes: 0

We read because we are essentially alone. Votes: 0

Music is essentially useless, as life is. Votes: 0

Life is essentially a question of values. Votes: 0

Music is essentially useless, as is life. Votes: 0

Most men are essentially dead by thirty. Votes: 0

Sin is essentially a departure from God. Votes: 0

The psychoanalytic method is essentially a historical method. Votes: 0

Music is essentially built upon primitive memory structures. Votes: 0

Naturalism and materialism mean essentially the same thing. Votes: 0

spirit and body differ not essentially, but gradually ... Votes: 0

The existence of other people is essentially awkward. Votes: 0

Concrete is, essentially, the color of bad weather. Votes: 0

I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller. Votes: 0

Being a president is being a CEO, essentially. Votes: 0

I’ve always essentially been a New Yorker, Votes: 0

(Djinn are essentially vapor.) "I blew him away. Votes: 0

People essentially like local news better than network news. Votes: 0

The genius of Canada remains essentially a deflationary genius. Votes: 0

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. Votes: 0

Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive. Votes: 0

All Advertising is essentially a promise of future happiness. Votes: 0

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education. Votes: 0

The White House is now essentially a TV performance. Votes: 0

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards. Votes: 0

I essentially get to represent my community on television. Votes: 0

Comics are essentially films with fewer frames per second. Votes: 0

Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles. Votes: 0

A night journey is essentially a thing of possibilities. Votes: 0

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately Votes: 0

Marxism is essentially a product of the bourgeois mind. Votes: 0

Agricultural husbandry essentially maintains the balance of bound nitrogen. Votes: 0

Launching a business is essentially an adventure in problem-solving. Votes: 0

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness. Votes: 0

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become. Votes: 0

[Washington] is the political capital. It's essentially a big office. Votes: 0

For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony. Votes: 0

Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do. Votes: 0

I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially. Votes: 0

Gossip is essentially storytelling: storytelling about people whom we know. Votes: 0

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge. Votes: 0

A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. Votes: 0

Molecular biology is essentially the practice of biochemistry without a license. Votes: 0

Peace, development and human rights are essentially inter-related, inter-dependent and indivisible. Votes: 0

Beauty is essentially spiritual. The authentic beauty lies in the heart. Votes: 0

Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive. Votes: 0

I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it. Votes: 0

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching. Votes: 0

Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle… Votes: 0

I think all humans are essentially proud and I certainly am. Votes: 0

I came into adult life equipped with an essentially romantic ethic. Votes: 0

If you can intuit well, you're essentially meeting the future faster. Votes: 0

To create something new, knowledge is essentially required, but not academic degree. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton wants to abolish - essentially abolish - the Second Amendment. Votes: 0

There should essentially be no limits to the voluntary definition of marriage. Votes: 0

It seems to me that love, if fine, is essentially a discipline. Votes: 0

The artificial world that we create through images will essentially become real. Votes: 0

Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence. Votes: 0

Happier thoughts lead to essentially a happier biochemistry. A happier, healthier body. Votes: 0

Mystery is an intellectual process... But suspense is essentially an emotional process. Votes: 0

I spent most of my adult life essentially agnostic or an atheist. Votes: 0

Philosophizing means, then, to ascend from public dogma to essentially private knowledge. Votes: 0

Yoga essentially means finding the keys to the nature of the existence. Votes: 0

Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively. Votes: 0

The human heart, as of course we all know is essentially good Votes: 0

American advertisers rely on 'essentially illogical' approaches to determine their advertising budgets. Votes: 0

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel Votes: 0

We're essentially continuing a system where profits are privatized and...losses socialized, Votes: 0

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue. Votes: 0

Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness. Votes: 0

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters. Votes: 0

Since I essentially knew nothing, I had an almost completely free choice. Votes: 0

Photography is essentially a personal matter - a search for inner truth. Votes: 0

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's. Votes: 0

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Votes: 0

What does remembering ourselves mean? It essentially means coming back to life- re-membering. Votes: 0

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness. Votes: 0

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary. Votes: 0

Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies. Votes: 0

The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike. Votes: 0

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. Votes: 0

The aspiration toward freedom is the most essentially human of all human manifestations. Votes: 0

The General was essentially a man of peace, except in his domestic life. Votes: 0

If you had an essentially happy childhood, that tends to dwell with you. Votes: 0

Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence Votes: 0

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. Votes: 0

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness. Votes: 0

Gay and lesbian relationships operate on essentially the same principles as heterosexual relationships Votes: 0

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person. Votes: 0

The sex curriculum will be essentially by taught by the local gay community. Votes: 0

I have noticed that music, like solid matter, is essentially crystalline in structure. Votes: 0

The idea of narcissism, essentially, is and will be accepted as a virtue. Votes: 0

I grew up counterculture. I'm essentially a hippie, and I'm essentially a folkie. Votes: 0

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. Votes: 0

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late. Votes: 0

Say to yourself: 'Living essentially to please others is a monumental mistake.' Votes: 0

Darkness had been essentially banished from the Earth. It had become a choice. Votes: 0

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing. Votes: 0

Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling. Votes: 0

You are never more essentially, more deeply, yourself than when you are still. Votes: 0

Prayer is essentially about making the heart strong so that fear cannot penetrate there. Votes: 0

A state of negative energy means that you are essentially getting something for nothing. Votes: 0

Lutheranism is essentially German... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful. Votes: 0

But down deep, at the molecular heart of life we're essentially identical to trees. Votes: 0

Tenure in any department is serious business, because it means, essentially, employment for life. Votes: 0

We are unutterably alone essentially, especially in the things most intimate and most important. Votes: 0

A society that produces suicide murderers in quantity is essentially committing its own suicide. Votes: 0

I am essentially an amateur medecin, and this to me is almost a mania. Votes: 0

Flying saucers are nothing more than miracles, and they occur essentially to bedevil science. Votes: 0

Happiness is essentially a gift; we are not the forgers of our own felicity. Votes: 0

Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. Votes: 0

American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge. Votes: 0

The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity. Votes: 0

Understanding transformed into secret means of action is splendid, wonderful, edifying and essentially dignifying. Votes: 0

A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world. Votes: 0

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege. Votes: 0

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. Votes: 0

Whenever you have something looping, you essentially have something generating information with less information. Votes: 0

A pandemic influenza would mean widespread infection essentially throughout every region of the world. Votes: 0

So, I subscribe to the following reading: Star Wars is an essentially Christian tale. Votes: 0

Adapting a book is essentially a collaboration, whether the author is alive or dead. Votes: 0

When dogs are actually looking at you, they're essentially hugging you with their eyes. Votes: 0

Poetry is essentially the discovery, the love, the passion for the name of everything. Votes: 0

Self-pity is essentially humorless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives understanding of life. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurship is essentially identifying the path that everyone takes; and choosing a different, better way. Votes: 0

Because contemporary paganism is essentially so new, its underlying ethical structure is not particularly sophisticated. Votes: 0

When companies try to guess what consumers want, they essentially make the choice for consumers. Votes: 0

For me, creativity is essentially a spiritual experience, a conversation between my soul and me. Votes: 0

Up until the 1920s, everyone thought the universe was essentially static and unchanging in time. Votes: 0

Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response. Votes: 0

The physics of the 21st century shall deal essentially with non-spatial matter and non-spatial mechanics. Votes: 0

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill. Votes: 0

Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction. Votes: 0

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one directionally, without regret or reservation. Votes: 0

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated. Votes: 0

The problem is that there are very few technologies that essentially haven't changed for 60, 70 years. Votes: 0

Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions. Votes: 0

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment). Votes: 0

The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance. Votes: 0

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself. Votes: 0

A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money. Votes: 0

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist. Votes: 0

The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings. Votes: 0

All great contemporary artists, schooled or not, are essentially self-taught and are de-skilling like crazy. Votes: 0

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. Votes: 0

Diets are essentially traning courses in how to feel fat and feel like a failure Votes: 0

The kinds of things that we can make mistakes about are essentially unlimited in number. Votes: 0

Diets are essentially training courses in how to feel fat and feel like a failure. Votes: 0

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American. Votes: 0

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive. Votes: 0

My house is run, essentially, by an adopted, fully clawed cat with a mean nature. Votes: 0

He was essentially a truth-speaking man, if only he know how to speak the truth. Votes: 0

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey. Votes: 0

Original work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions. Votes: 0

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another. Votes: 0

That's what the 'Doctor' is about, essentially - having that energy that you just can't understand. Votes: 0

biography is essentially a collaborative art, the latest biographer collaborating with all those who wrote earlier. Votes: 0

Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat. Votes: 0

A brand is essentially a container for a customer's complete experience with the product or company. Votes: 0

You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. Votes: 0

Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself. Votes: 0

New York seems conducted by jazz, animated by it. It is essentially a city of rhythm. Votes: 0

The fact that you were essentially dead does not register until you begin to come alive. Votes: 0

The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely. Votes: 0

Media organizations are global. They may be based in the U.S., but they're essentially global. Votes: 0

No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lil’ Kim tribute Votes: 0

Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness. Votes: 0

I never considered myself to be essentially different from anyone else. Although I knew I was. Votes: 0

Intelligence essentially means that your intellect is sharp enough to see life the way it is. Votes: 0

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential. Votes: 0

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself. Votes: 0

That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same. Votes: 0

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing. Votes: 0

It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage. Votes: 0

Too few people recognize that the high technology so celebrated today is essentially a mathematical technology. Votes: 0

This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood. Votes: 0

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. Votes: 0

Most of the forward movements of life in general ... have been the work of essentially religiously-minded people. Votes: 0

Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach. Votes: 0

Access to high quality video content -- essentially TV programming -- has never been better than today Votes: 0

A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical. Votes: 0

I can't turn off the way I think, and that's essentially who I am, who anybody is. Votes: 0

If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk. Votes: 0

You're so earnest about morality that I hate to think how essentially immoral you must be underneath. Votes: 0

The precarious ontological link between Logos and Eros is broken, and scientific rationality emerges as essentially neutral. Votes: 0

To express the same idea in still another way, I think that human knowledge is essentially active. Votes: 0

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. Votes: 0

I don't want to have thousands of people shot in a city where, essentially, I'm the president. Votes: 0

The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings. Votes: 0

Rhythm to me is essentially what Hopkins called the taste of self. I taste myself as rhythm. Votes: 0

Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down. Votes: 0

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences. Votes: 0

Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that. Votes: 0

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. Votes: 0

African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent. Votes: 0

For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. Votes: 0

The Tories are now the party of rural areas and Labour essentially is in the big cities Votes: 0

Feeling essentially superior to other people is as sure a sign of poor self-esteem as feeling essentially inferior. Votes: 0

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. Votes: 0

Reserve is no more essentially connected with understanding than a church organ with devotion, or wine with good-nature. Votes: 0

It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis. Votes: 0

Understanding the fact that we are essentially water is the key to uncovering the mysteries of the universe... Votes: 0

They live inside of what is essentially one huge wearable. Everyone connected to everyone even when they shit. Votes: 0

Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society. Votes: 0

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things. Votes: 0

...love is essentially a much simpler phenomenon--it becomes complicated, corrupted or obstructed by an unequal balance of power. Votes: 0

I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things. Votes: 0

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. Votes: 0

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us. Votes: 0

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. Votes: 0

Inductive inference is the only process known to us by which essentially new knowledge comes into the world. Votes: 0

The liberty that remains to us is essentially the freedom to choose among brands A, B, and C. Votes: 0

You should have an investment thesis that essentially says why you think this is potentially a good idea. Votes: 0

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it! Votes: 0

We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across. Votes: 0

The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt, mindless fascination. Votes: 0

People are essentially losing their temper for things that have nothing to do with the act of driving. Votes: 0

The crisis of our time is essentially a religious crisis. It is a matter of life or death. Votes: 0

I'm essentially a jobbing actor. If I'm out of work, I'll be the back end of a donkey. Votes: 0

He will essentially follow the language of the spectacle, for it is the only one he is familiar with. Votes: 0

Videogame players essentially choose whether to win the game or to die heroically. There's a certain glory in both. Votes: 0

The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand. Votes: 0

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies. Votes: 0

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state. Votes: 0

Democracy is essentially anti-authoritarian--that is, it not only demands the right but imposes the responsibility of thinking for ourselves. Votes: 0

The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state. Votes: 0

Kennedy saw the insurgency as a anti-colonial, essentially nationalist movement, feeding on social discontent. So you don't shoot people. Votes: 0

Through meteorology, we know essentially how hurricanes form, even though we can't say where the next storm will arise. Votes: 0

I believe most people are essentially good. I know that I am. It's you I'm not entirely sure of. Votes: 0

We divide ourselves up into spirit and human, but essentially we are all a part of the same world. Votes: 0

An unregulated derivatives market essentially gives Wall Street a way to place hidden taxes on everything in the world. Votes: 0

It exhibits the effort of an essentially prosaic mind to lift itself, by a prolonged muscular strain, into poetry. Votes: 0

The true work of art is always on the human scale. It is essentially the one that says, 'less. Votes: 0

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized. Votes: 0

I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support. Votes: 0

The Moon is essentially gray - no color - looks like plaster of paris - soft of gray sand. Votes: 0

Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist. Votes: 0

Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist Votes: 0

The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articulable date essentially guarantees that the schedule will be missed. Votes: 0

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. Votes: 0

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies. Votes: 0

Just the idea to have everything you need essentially stored in one piece of portable technology is very exciting. Votes: 0

Shamanism is essentially a living tradition of alchemy that is not seeking the stone but has found the stone. Votes: 0

God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies. Votes: 0

The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield. Votes: 0

We do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out. Votes: 0

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. Votes: 0

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. Votes: 0

A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance. Votes: 0

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession. Votes: 0

Music is essentially useless, as life is; but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions. Votes: 0

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day. Votes: 0

Physics is essentially an intuitive and concrete science. Mathematics is only a means for expressing the laws that govern phenomena. Votes: 0

Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty. Votes: 0

There are essentially three stages in learning how to meditate. In the beginning you are simply trying to ignore thought. Votes: 0

Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human. Votes: 0

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there. Votes: 0

If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage. Votes: 0

The anti-gun-violence movement was essentially asleep from 1994 to 2012, and during that time, the gun lobby built up enormous political power. Votes: 0

Woman is essentially unpeaceful, like the cat, however well she may have trained herself to present an appearance of peace. Votes: 0

Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends. Votes: 0

Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system? Votes: 0

He regarded marriage as an arbitrary and essentially adversarial relationship, akin to the yoking of prisoners on the chain gang. Votes: 0

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized? Votes: 0

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute Votes: 0

Forgiveness essentially means giving up your right to make other people pay for the wrongs they have committed against you. Votes: 0

A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print Votes: 0

Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. Votes: 0

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Votes: 0

Humour is essentially a comforter, reconciling us to things as they are in contrast to things as they might be. Votes: 0

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. Votes: 0

The food in this place is really terrible. Yes, and such small portions. That's essentially how I feel about life. Votes: 0

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. Votes: 0

The TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you're doing that week. Votes: 0

There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet. Votes: 0

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness. Votes: 0

The absurd is essentially a divorce. It lies in neither of the elements compared; it is born of their confrontation. Votes: 0

Sex is essentially deep. We become what we do with our bodies, and there is no deeper act than sex. Votes: 0

Too often, they play to whatever group is the loudest down at City Hall, and they buy them off, essentially. Votes: 0

What history is, essentially, is a careening, out-of-control effort to find our way back to this state of primordial balance. Votes: 0

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. Votes: 0

The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially. Votes: 0

Spiritual process is not about chanting a mantra or closing your eyes, spiritual process is essentially about enhancing your perception. Votes: 0

Hope is a longing for a future condition over which you have no agency; it means you are essentially powerless. Votes: 0

I have redefined the so-called East-West relationship as essentially one of conflict, while it had previously been treated in romantic terms. Votes: 0

Women's fight for equal rights is essentially a humanist and peaceful struggle for true democracy, and a higher form of civilization. Votes: 0

I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this. Votes: 0

Faith is essentially intolerant ... essentially because necessarily bound up with faith is the illusion that one's cause is also God's cause. Votes: 0

Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they're still getting real food. Votes: 0

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. Votes: 0

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men. Votes: 0

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party. Votes: 0

Hegel remains of great importance to understand ourselves, but essentially because we have all grown out of a reaction against Hegel. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, they think they know it all. You, as a writer, are essentially an outsider. Novelists and short-story writers, especially. Votes: 0

...the rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious. Votes: 0

To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question. Votes: 0

The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest. Votes: 0

If education tries to make other persons out of us than we essentially are, deeper inside, it stultifies, and reproach matters. Votes: 0

The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god... Votes: 0

A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy. Votes: 0

I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States. Votes: 0

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. Votes: 0

There`s one way of looking at the Trump phenomenon that he`s essentially a Doofus or he is an opportunist. Votes: 0

Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress. Votes: 0

Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape. Votes: 0

I know that I am essentially a sort of fun-loving person who really just wants to sit around and eat pies. Votes: 0

Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved. Votes: 0

A hotel is a hotel all the world over, a place essentially vulgar, commonplace, venal, the travesty of a human home. Votes: 0

I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially. Votes: 0

What most people in our culture mean by being lovable is essentially a mixture between being popular and having sex appeal. Votes: 0

Work for the actor lies essentially in two areas: the ability to consistently create reality and the ability to express that reality. Votes: 0

Hate and love are essentially the same in that the person who loves is as easily manipulated as a person who hates Votes: 0

To me, a wilderness is where the flow of wildness is essentially uninterrupted by technology; without wilderness the world is a cage. Votes: 0

In the postindustrial age, labor is seen as essentially uninvolved in the social process because there is no need for assertive labor. Votes: 0

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well. Votes: 0

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. Votes: 0

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing. Votes: 0

The more personal you make something, the more universal it becomes, because essentially we're all made up of the same emotional stuff. Votes: 0

Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure. Votes: 0

A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan. Votes: 0

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings. Votes: 0

Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it. Votes: 0

Chaotic mathematics is essentially the study of chaos. It can't be chaos, if you can study it and it has an order. Votes: 0

The historian, essentially, wants more documents than he can really use; the dramatist only wants more liberties than he can really take. Votes: 0

When you realize you're essentially you're God, there ain't nothing on earth more powerful than you, you can do anything you want. Votes: 0

Goering's ideas betray a consistent desire to create something essentially new, implying all the historic virtues, but unlike [anything] of the past. Votes: 0

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. Votes: 0

For me the best kind of film music is liturgical music. Liturgical music is essentially a million scores for the same film. Votes: 0

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful. Votes: 0

The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared. Votes: 0

Betterment of conditions the world over is not essentially dependent on scientific knowledge but on the fulfillment of human traditions and ideals. Votes: 0

The funny thing about me is I move from genre to genre, but I essentially shoot all the movies the same way. Votes: 0

Nor should the U.S. military be forced to remain in Iraq essentially as an army for one side of a civil war. Votes: 0

Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is wrong, Votes: 0

The ship's lines were an elegant array of pure geometry, essentially nothing more than a series of cubes suspended within a curved plane." Votes: 0

Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done; they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract cases. Votes: 0

much of modern military tactics is geared toward maneuvering the enemy into a position where they can essentially be massacred from safety. (pg. 140) Votes: 0

A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we are condemned to live essentially formless lives. Votes: 0

I was essentially paid to perpetuate the myth that we are all, or should at least try to be, 17 and a size 2 forever. Votes: 0

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. Votes: 0

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena. Votes: 0

Trotsky was essentially a Western mind. Lenin was a Russian, and unlike most other revolutionary exiles, wherever he went he was a Russian. Votes: 0

That which exists in nature is a something purely individual and particular. Art, on the contrary, is essentially destined to manifest the general. Votes: 0

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. Votes: 0

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena. Votes: 0

Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is wrong. Votes: 0

MTV essentially killed 'American Bandstand' and 'Solid Gold,' because music videos are an easier way for pop artists to gain television exposure. Votes: 0

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. Votes: 0

I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it. Votes: 0

John Maynard Keynes essentially said, don't try and figure out what the market is doing. Figure out a business you understand, and concentrate. Votes: 0

My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action. Votes: 0

I hated being a child because to be a child means that you are essentially the property of your parents, benevolently or not. Votes: 0

Every good piece of art... involves first essentially the evidence of human skill, and the formation of an actually beautiful thing by it. Votes: 0

Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men. Votes: 0

All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings. Votes: 0

For movies like The Longest Ride, I got to hang out with cowboys at rodeos and learned how to ride a bull, essentially. Votes: 0

I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel. Votes: 0

LEGO has essentially taken the concrete block, the building block of the world, and made it into the building block of our imagination. Votes: 0

I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before. Votes: 0

We are as humans essentially products of our hardware - that is an insight that I've taken with me into the trading side. Votes: 0

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. Votes: 0

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it. Votes: 0

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you. Votes: 0

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it Votes: 0

The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others. Votes: 0

I'm essentially a jeans girl, and I dress them up or down with accessories. For me, it's ultimately about a great pair of shoes. Votes: 0

...photography is made essentially of time. I often think that what we show is a point in time, more than a window onto space. Votes: 0

I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty. Votes: 0

We have receptors in our brain as you well know and when you ingest marijuana, I believe that it essentially gives you a reboot. Votes: 0

In the end, death came uniformly to all, and all extracted as much satisfaction from their dying as this essentially graceless process could afford. Votes: 0

If you listed all the reasons for your faith, and all the things that make you cry, it would be essentially the same list. Votes: 0

I play disturbed people a lot, but always with a bit of distance or tongue-in-cheek. Most of the villains I play are essentially harmless. Votes: 0

The shaping of taste is essentially the science of merchandising, whether of detergents or cars or books or objects of fine and decorative art. Votes: 0

I've learnt that the world over, everyone's essentially the same. We are all trying to have a nice time and get along with things. Votes: 0

Inner sense of worth that comes with being in love does not seem to depend essentially on whether the love is returned or not. Votes: 0

It was great to essentially have two protagonists where you're sympathies could go back and forth between the two of them, throughout the season. Votes: 0

So I suppose poetry, language, the shaping of it, was and remains for me an effort to make sense out of essentially senseless situations. Votes: 0

Being essentially a creator, I never set out to shock, always thinking about creating my work and not about the benefits it could produce. Votes: 0

You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie. Votes: 0

Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be. Votes: 0

Now with social media, people essentially come into my living room, my virtual living room, and tell me everything that is wrong with me. Votes: 0

The key idea of agile is that teams essentially manage themselves. ... It works in software, and it turns out that it works with kids. Votes: 0

We should create a holiday that celebrates money for what it is, essentially worthless paper, upon which we agree to pretend it has value. Votes: 0

The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race. Votes: 0

I wear the same pants, same shirt and same shoes every day. I learned it from the greats, like Einstein. It's a uniform essentially. Votes: 0

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. Votes: 0

If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be hell to pay. Votes: 0

Story of My Life' was essentially a two-man musical play. In hindsight, I don't know if there was room for a two-man musical on Broadway. Votes: 0

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. Votes: 0

I was essentially trained by Oscar Hammerstein to think of songs as one-act plays, to move a song from point A to point B dramatically. Votes: 0

To be interested in something is to be involved in what is essentially a stressful relationship with that thing, to suffer anxiety on its behalf. Votes: 0

The big problem that UWink had was we were essentially building tablets because they hadn't been invented yet. That drove up the cost a lot. Votes: 0

In America, you have this kind of individualism and in the West, essentially, you have this individualism - this idea of my own personal fulfillment. Votes: 0

I'm an avowed modernist. I'm for the new thing. I came to the conclusion many years ago that rock music is essentially a conservative form. Votes: 0

The average schoolmaster is and always must be essentially an ass, for how can one imagine an intelligent man engaging in so puerile an avocation. Votes: 0

Indian culture is essentially much more of a we culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate. Votes: 0

Man in the flesh is essentially imperfect. He may be described as being made in the image of God but is far from being God. Votes: 0

An economist says that essentially more for you is less for me, but the lover knows that more for you is more for me, too. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

... this idea, that humans are essentially weak creatures, is actually deeply woven into a lot of the ways in which humans think about our bodies. Votes: 0

I distinguish two types of human beings, Love people, who love the sky and the flowers, and Power People, who are essentially sold on naked power. Votes: 0

You had to be able to lift yourself outside of the time stream - and that essentially became what is called the yoga of time travel. Votes: 0

Human beings are essentially here for two purposes - to learn about and express love, and to create. We learn about love in all our relationships. Votes: 0

If you think about the concept of reincarnation, it's essentially uploading yourself and your spirit into a new form, a new hard drive as it were. Votes: 0

The study of Buddhism is essentially the study of modification, how we modify the state of mind we're in, how we modify the realm we're in. Votes: 0

At the age of 15 months my daughter was diagnosed with very bad asthma, and essentially I put my career on hold for a good eight years. Votes: 0

Life breaks us all, but you're stronger in the places that were broken. Or you can essentially crumble, give up, and, you know, waste your life. Votes: 0

I just really enjoy the ritual of going to work and playing, which is essentially what we do. We play pretend. Acting is a kids' game. Votes: 0

Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology. Votes: 0

You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from. Votes: 0

Friends that I value most are people who would essentially use physical violence against me at a time when I seem to be teetering on the edge. Votes: 0

I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life. Votes: 0

Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this. Votes: 0

The child is essentially alien to this society of men and might express his position in the words of the Gospel: My kingdom is not of this world Votes: 0

I can't get past the fact that food is coming out of my wife's breasts. What was once essentially an entertainment center has now become a juice bar. Votes: 0

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author. Votes: 0

My beef was with essentially being a product. I didn't want to be a product, so I tried to get fired, but they didn't fire me, which was weird. Votes: 0

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them Votes: 0

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet. Votes: 0