Essentialists Quotes & Sayings

The editor needs to put his own life on hold for the better of the magazine, the crew, and the readers. And to have a bigger vision of the magazine's style and an understanding that every [issue] should be well-balanced and hopefully surprising. To have a pink wall with a door of perception where he can bang his head on. — Toni Jerrman

People don't handle reality very well and prefer the story we make of our lives instead. — Laura Gilfillan

Already she knew that an idea could pain him like a bruise. He had grey eyes that showed every thought, and sometimes Charlotte worried that he might be hurt in some way that she would not be able to prevent. — Lauren Owen

Essentialists hope that when students leave school, they will possess not only basic skills and an extensive body of knowledge, but also disciplined, practical minds, capable of applying schoolhouse lessons in the real world. — William Bagley

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor. — Georg Simmel

Don't you know there's another bubble as well? An expectations bubble. Bigger houses, private planes, yachts ... stupid salaries and bonuses. People come to desire these things and expect them. But the expectations bubble will burst as well, as all bubbles do. — Edward Rutherfurd

My mother warned me about short, determined women," he said at last, clearing his throat. "Said they're are meaner than any other kind. — Joey W. Hill

Take the competition seriously, but not yourself. — Richard Branson

George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that? — John Goodman

Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. — Robert Southey

I will never lie to you. — Jimmy Carter

I want to convince you that humans are, to some extent, natural born essentialists. What I mean by this is we don't just respond to things as we see them or feel them or hear them. Rather, our response is conditioned on our beliefs, about what they really are, what they came from, what they're made of, what their hidden nature is. — Paul Bloom

Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a step per week, gets you there. So keep moving, even if it's only a little some weeks. — Ken Evoy

It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current Direction, we have to change our philosophy, not our circumstances. — Jim Rohn