536 Quotes About Essence
- Author Seymour Papert
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What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate
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- Author Qian Qichen
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the philosophy of the 'Bush Doctrine' is in essence force. It advocates the United States should rule over the whole world with overwhelming force, military force in particular.
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- Author Carl Rogers
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The paradigm of Western culture is that the essence of persons is dangerous; thus, they must be taught, guided, and controlled by those with superior authority.
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- Author J. K. Rowling
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Urgh — essence of Millicent Bulstrode.
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- Author Jimmy Reid
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Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.
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- Author Mark Ruffalo
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Shakespeare does a great job of taking 5,000-year-old stories and turning them into modern pieces that are true to the original essence but are completely remade.
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- Author Martin Rees
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During the 20th century, we came to understand that the essence of all substances - their colour, texture, hardness and so forth - is set by their structure, on scales far smaller even than a microscope can see. Everything on Earth is made of atoms, which are, especially in living things, combined together in intricate molecular assemblages.
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- Author Richard Rorty
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We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.
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