“There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the money touch, but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.” MenSaidWarGovernmentCertainNationsPeaceLinesPowerfulLeaderGenerationsIdealsEssenceDemocratGiftedVery PowerfulAbsolutely NothingAristocracyPlutocracy Book:The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914 Source: The days of Armageddon, 1900-1914
“It is useless saying that we do not accept the gods of the primitive world. In form, no; in essence, yes. The fact before us is that all ideas of gods can be traced to the earliest stages of human history.... There is an unbroken line of descent linking the gods of the most primitive peoples to those of modern man. We reject the world of the savage; but we still, in our churches, mosques, synagogues and temples, perpetuate the theories he built upon that world.” MenWorldHumansStillsIdeasFactsFormChurchLinesAcceptingAtheismModernStageTheoryBuiltEssenceUselessTemplesRejectsPrimitiveSavagesHuman HistoryDescentUnbrokenMosquesModern ManSynagogue Author:Chapman Cohen
“There are those uncomfortable things that've passed that you have to deal with or they define you, like childhood trauma. Like when I'm lost, I just feel like somewhere along the line, if you've gone through any childhood trauma, it makes you lose your essence and it takes a while to get that back. There are certain things about that that push my buttons.” IfsFeelsCertainLostLosesLinesDealsGoneChildhoodEssenceTraumaUncomfortableButtonsChildhood TraumaDefine You Author:Mike Ness
“The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.” WayFormLinesEssenceFunctionShoesElegant Author:David Mazzucchelli
“I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from them. There are days when I feel I have been able to grasp all there is know in one single gaze, as if invisible branches suddenly spring out of no where, weaving together all the disparate strands of my reading. And then suddenly the meaning escapes, the essence evaporates and no matter how often I reread the same lines they seem to flee ever further with each subsequent reading and I see myself as some mad old fool who thinks her stomach is full because she's been reading the menu.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHas BeensBookMatterSeemsAbleTogetherReadingLinesFoolSpringEssenceMadInvisibleBranchesStomachStrandsMenusWeaving Book:The Elegance of the Hedgehog Source: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.” EarthPoliticalHumanityTurnsForceNatureLinesMoneyTelevisionDrugCapitalismGoldEssenceArmyTownsGreenLuxuryDesperateToxicTransformedCommodityBricksItemsMansionsArmed ForcesGreen EarthDemoralizedSlagLuxury Items Author:Michael Parenti
“The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes... it seems to me that... all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.” IfsHumansArtSometimesUseHandsSeemsTermLinesBrainDesignPaintingSourceEssenceArchitectureDrawingBranchesSculptureHuman Brain Author:Michelangelo
“Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.” InspirationalWholeMotivationalFunnyActorsSoundLinesForgetActingLike YouEssenceTheatreInstantDressingsDressing UpStrippingBest ActingActors And ActingActing From Actors Author:Glenda Jackson
“The essence of drawing is the line exploring space.” ArtLinesSpaceEssenceDrawingExploring Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.” GovernmentFormGrowthLinesEssenceConstitutionInstitutionsMathematicalSoilSignificanceFormulasConsideringFormalDictionaryProvision Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“The essence of painting has actually always been to make it [the universal] plastically perceptible through colour and line.” LinesPaintingEssenceUniversalColour Author:Piet Mondrian
“Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.” ArtLawLinesMoralMoralityEssenceDrawingMoral LawDrawing The Line Author:Huston Smith
“You’re trying to take something that can be described in many, many sentences and pages of prose, but you can convert it into a couple lines of poetry and you still get the essence, so it’s that compression. The best code is poetry.” TryingStillsLinesCouplePagesEssenceSentencesCodeProseCompression Author:Satya Nadella
“I simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and forms rooted in tradition yet made to feel new and modern with unexpected or stylized scale, finishes and detailing. This contemporary take on tradition creates a look that's at once current yet timeless, fresh yet familiar…the essence of both beautiful design and a beautifully designed home.” FeelsLooksMadePhilosophyHomeBeautifulFormSpiritLinesModernDesignTraditionEssenceCleanCurrentsScalesContemporaryFamiliarClassicCollectionsUnexpectedRootedTimelessSimply LoveBeautiful Design Author:Candice Olson