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Quotes About Essentials

The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs.
~ Samuel Butler
En última instancia podría faltar pan, pero si no hay manzanas, entonces, por ejemplo, no hay nada de nada...
~ Marguerite Duras
The idea of grace had been so much on my mind, grace as a sort of ecstatic fire that takes things down to essentials.
~ Marilynne Robinson
we want non-Christians to understand the essentials of our faith so that whether they receive or reject Jesus
~ Mark Driscoll
the little things are infinitely the most important.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
As long as I have my trousers I have a hip-pocket, and as long as I have my hip-pocket I have something in it.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Maybe that was the point of life. Not to get the things you wanted that you thought would make you happy. But to find the things you truly needed, those most wonderful people that you just couldn't live without
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Man requires, not rice or potatoes, but food; not wood or coal, but heating. In the same way, for the needs of the soul, we must recognize the different, but equivalent, sorts of satisfaction which cater for the same requirements.
~ Simone Weil
A loaf of bread and a clean collar; what does man want more?
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. - Sherlock Holmes in A Case of Identity - 1891
~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses.
~ Ian Gardner
Birth copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.
~ T. S. Eliot
On a very local scale, a refrigerator is the center of the universe. On the inside is food essential to life, and on the outside of the door is a summary of the life events of the household.
~ Robert Fulghum
Air, Food, Water, Shelter, Love and Godis what we all need to live.If one more thing is missing, it's being wise.WISE enough to consume them wisely.
~ Bradley B. Dalina
Air, Food, Water, Shelter, Love and Godis what we all need to live.If one more thing is missing, it's being wise.WISE enough to consume them well.
~ Bradley B. Dalina
You may never acquire and use everything that you want in life. But guess what? You do have access to your basic and daily needs or rather the five necessities of life (food, water, clothing, air and shelter). And that is a logical reason why you should always thank God Almighty everyday come what may. ~Emeasoba George
~ Emeasoba George
What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals.
~ Barry Larkin
I know easyJet is not luxury, but we certainly don't charge for wheelchairs or take away essentials. You have to make the passengers reasonably comfy for the sake of health.
~ Stelios Haji-Ioannou
So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want it to look natural because then I would be making a documentary film.
~ Jenny Holzer
You should own stuff, but make sure they are indispensable stuff. A family of three can simplify to the point of owning just three beds, two couches, three dressers, one table, few chairs, one desk, eight plates, eight glasses, eight bowls and some toys and books for the kids.
~ George Lucas
The man who recognizes the truth of any human relation and neglects the duty involved is not a true man.... A man may be aware of the highest truths of many things, and yet not be a true man, inasmuch as the essentials of manhood are not his aim: he has not come into the flower of his own being.
~ George MacDonald
I do not think the Socialist need make any sacrifice of essentials, but certainly he will have to make a great sacrifice of externals. It would help enormously, for instance, if the smell of crankishness which still clings to the Socialist movement could be dispelled. If only the sandals and the pistachio-coloured shirts could be put in a pile and burnt, and every vegetarian, teetotaller and creeping Jesus sent home to Welwyn Garden City to do his yoga exercises quietly!
~ George Orwell
Invest in a couple of really good things - a great, classic coat; a good pair of shoes; and a timeless bag - then fill in the gaps with lower-priced pieces.
~ Nina Garcia
For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
~ Sam Shepard