#essentials

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#brings #conversation #dearly #essentials #how

I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter. ↗

— David Duchovny

#essentials #food #i #just #money

Obedience is the fruit and proof of love; and the words of the Master are suggestive, "If a man love Me he will keep My words" (John 14:23). One has forcibly remarked, "When people speak of 'essentials' and 'non-essentials' they generally mean by the former what concerns their own salvation, and by the latter those things which only concern the glory of God! ↗

— Alexander Marshall

#obedience #love

Be first, different & daring ↗

— James D. Roumeliotis

#james-roumeliotis #business

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality. ↗

— Mose Allison

#concerned #essentials #far #i #improvisation

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials. ↗

— Ronald Knox

#cover #enough #essentials #good #interest

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history. ↗

— Harold Wilson

#history #main #minister #prime #prime minister

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#essentials #first #nations #policy #political

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

#agreement #beneath #differences #discipline #doctrine

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#chief #essentials #life #matter #may