The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future. – Hubert H. Humphrey
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. – George Boole
With human beings it could be argued that all music-making is, in essence, grounded in improvisation. – John Burnside
Hypocrisy is the essence of snobbery, but all snobbery is about the problem of belonging. – Alexander Theroux
The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. – Benito Mussolini
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another. – Anne Rice
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things… it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface. – Constantin Brancusi
It’s interesting, because in the corporate stuff there’s a dichotomy there, depending on the creator. Even what, in essence, may be a very safe corporate approach, there is some stuff that is allowed to be pushed. – Bill Sienkiewicz
What sculptors do is represent the essence of gesture. What is important in mime is attitude. – Marcel Marceau
I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general. – Gottfried Leibniz
