536 Quotes About Essence

The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence.

If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there's always a narrative that is very nonlinear - and that's the essence of a good music video.

He believed in the primacy of doubt, not as a blemish upon our ability to know, but as the essence of knowing.

As far as I'm concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It's wonderful to be able to have talents, and, very often, we think that we know what our talents are, or we find out through a back door that we have a talent. I know that I found out I was a lyricist quite through a back door.

The external is in no way the essence of religion, but the external often proclaims the internal.

It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.