When we make grand statements on the "essence" of our traditions, we're always leaving something out, because historical reality is too messy and complicated for a clear essence to be possible.
'A Pinch Of Delusion, A Dash Of Audacity & A Shot Of Courage' this statement is the essence of what I feel it takes to live your boldest dreams. .
The news media have seized upon a literal interpretation of the word brainwashed, thus cloaking the content of his statement, the essence of which was that he was told less than the whole truth about American intentions in the war during his Vietnam visit.
Treating a definition as a linguistic item, we can say that the definition specifies or picks out the essence (ousia) of the property, and a definitional statement predicates the essence of the property whose essence it is.
That statement captured the essence of Shinseki's dilemma.
In a way that statement expresses the essence of Merrill's organizational approach.
A statement of mission defines the essence of a company and, if that is unclear, it invites deeper values conflicts between the company and the stakeholders it seeks to serve.
He said in a statement that "time is of the essence" because if the country does not move quickly, it "could lose market share in the industries of the 21st century".
In an exhibition statement, Sandy summarizes the essence of the exhibition, a magical conjuring of past and present forces: "Intersections of the past, present and future grounded in the magic that was already in the soil, in the air, passed on by our ancestors through breath, bonds, blood, ritual well after we came across the Atlantic all of these many times.
The statement added that "the essence of Dannon's advertising remains unchanged and will continue to be truthful and in compliance with all laws and regulations".
