Quotes About Essentials

Art is the suitcase of history, carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed, art is memory, art is vaccine.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of the nonessentials.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

A man should definitely own a couple of blue denims, white crew neck T-shirt, a versatile blazer, comfortable pair of boxers, and coloured sneakers.

For me, a really good mascara is such a must-have, and I rarely leave the house without it! Another must-have of mine is concealer: it really is so versatile and acts as a great pick-me-up during the day.

a pound or two of short dips; a crown, set with diamonds and rubies each as big as a duck's egg; a cradle — empty, an affecting sight; carpets, kettles, and pots; a stretcher; a chariot; a bunch of carrots; a costermonger's barrow; banners; a leg of mutton, and a baby. Everything, in short, that could possibly be wanted, either in a palace or a garret, a farmyard or a battle-field.

Throw the lumber over, man!  Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

How many people, on that voyage, load up the boat till it is ever in danger of swamping with a store of foolish things which they think essential to the pleasure and comfort of the trip, but which are really only useless lumber.

I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.

I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.

Do them anyway - you can never spend enough time on the basics.

Wilbur looked at the list glumly. "Are you sure you need all this stuff?" "Yep." "The ax?" "The ax is critical." "The chalk?" "The chalk is super -critical." "The bungee cords?" "Bungee cords are the single most useful object in the universe, Wilbur. People may say it's duct tape, but it's actually bungee cords. All great heroes know this.

Living in a fairly remote village one soon learns to accept that having a roof, a fire, some warm clothes and enough to eat are really the only material essentials for a comfortable life.

We have devalued the price of the things we need most to survive on a daily basis yet overvalued many of the things we can live without.

Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

Yes, the irreplaceables, the things you never use--those are what really matters. I've got a damask table-cloth, you know, and napkins to match for 24 people. I've heard it said that a woman's possessions are part of herself. If she loses her things, her personality undergoes a change

In essentials, unity; in inessentials, diversity; in all things, charity.

A person should always carry two things in this world: a valid passport and a sweater.

Now the fact is that social harmony and mental balance are essentials, just like food or other nutritions. But to glamorise these things and to distort their functions is to show lack of knowledge.

Awareness of mortality exerts a unique power to focus the mind and heart on essentials.

I get travel-sized versions of all of my essentials. That way, I can stay on the same routine whether I'm home or on the road.

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

If you were to be stranded on a desert island, what three items would you take? I gave this frivolous answer: A cat, a hat and a piece of string.