“In the nineteenth century one had to give all sorts of guarantees and lead an exemplary life in order to cleanse oneself in the eyes of the bourgeois of the sin of writing, for literature is, in essence, heresy. The situation has not changed except that it is now the Communists, that is, the qualified representatives of the proletariat, who as a matter of principle regard the writer as suspect.” GivingWritingMatterEyeOrderLiteratureSinSituationPrinciplesCenturyChangedEssenceRegardOneselfGuaranteesSuspectsCommunistRepresentativesQualifiedHeresyBourgeoisNineteenth CenturyProletariatExemplary Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.” PeopleThinkingTodayPoliticalIssuesChangedJokesEssenceSurpriseCurrentsRelatedBrutalKim Author:Bette Midler
“As nature erodes the earth into magnificent forms, life through endless experience opens us further and further to the essence of what matters. Each time I've been opened further, the way I experience life and receive things has changed.” WayMatterEarthFormChangedEssenceEndlessMagnificentWhat MattersThings Have ChangedErode Author:Mark Nepo
“Like any great art, the culture of hip-hop has changed with the times. With the state of technology, music is more accessible and freely exchanged. For hip-hop to grow while keeping a sense of integrity, the essence of the culture has to be handed down and respected like any high form of art.” ArtStatesFormCultureGrowsTechnologyChangedIntegrityMusic IsEssenceDown AndHip HopHipsHopsGreat Art Author:One9
“In dramatic writing, the very essence is character change. The character at the end is not the same as he was at the beginning. He's changed-psychologically, maybe even physically.” WritingEndsCharacterChangedEssenceDramaticCharacter ChangeDramatic Writing Author:Robert Towne
“If I do the same act that I did in 1995, in essence you're saying (in a robotic voice), 'My mind has never changed'” IfsMindVoiceChangedEssenceNever ChangeRobotics Author:Rodney Carrington
“But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets done, what gets changed, what gets purchased, what gets built is, is it remarkable? And remarkable's a really cool word 'cause we think it just means neat, but it also means worth making a remark about, and that is the essence of where idea diffusion is going.” IfsThinkingMeanIdeasDoneCausesChangedBuiltEssenceRemarkableCowsPurpleRemarksReally CoolNeatDiffusion Author:Seth Godin
“The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.” PeopleIfsWayShouldMayLawFreedomDemocracyChangedConflictEssenceDependentRulers Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
“During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what should be changed or introduced. A willingness to depart from the familiar has distinct survival value.” ShouldMotivationalValuesChangeChangedPeriodsSurvivalEssenceFamiliarWillingnessAbandonedSensitivityAdaptation Author:Peter Drucker
“(Talking about his first computer) Like all kids we not only fooled around with our toys, we changed them. If you've ever watched a child with a cardboard carton and a box of crayons create a spaceship with cool control panels, or listened to their improvised rules, such as "Red cars can jump all others," then you know that this impulse to make a toy do more is at the heart of innovative childhood play. It is also the essence of creativity.” IfsKnowsFirstsHeartChildrenPlayKidsFunTalkingCreativityChildhoodCarChangedComputerRedEssenceBoxesImpulseToysInnovativeFooledSpaceshipsCrayon Author:Bill Gates
“Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. He who attempts to control another is a governor, an aggressor, an invader; and the nature of such invasion is not changed, whether it is made by one man upon another man, after the manner of the ordinary criminal, or by one man upon all other men, after the manner of an absolute monarch, or by all other men upon one man, after the manner of a modern democracy.” MenMadeGovernmentNamesTermDemocracyModernChangedHe ManOrdinaryEssenceAbsolutesCriminalsOne ManAnarchyGovernorsAggressionInvasionAnother ManMonarchsInvadersAggressors Author:Benjamin Tucker