Necessity Quotes · Page 3

Art is far feebler than necessity.

— Aeschylus

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

— Bill Watterson

Necessity urges desperate measures.

— Miguel de Cervantes

Necessity is a guardian in Nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Innovation is a necessity.

— Chanda Kochhar

“necessity breaks even the strong.”

— Euripides

Pardon is granted to necessity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Power is the recognition of necessity.

— Abraham Rotstein

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

— Robert Motherwell

It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity.

— Slobodan Milosevic

It is a great difficulty and a great necessity to have to start with the smallest.

— Paul Klee

Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.

— Rita Mae Brown

We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity.

— Anonymous

Humans by necessity must have a midway point between their desires and their pride.

— Anonymous

Economic necessity should be the mother of educational invention

— Andy Hargreaves

“When all else fails, go away completely, however long feels necessary.”

— Shellen Lubin

The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they…

— Alexander Pope

“Understanding different national, cultural, and religious traditions is no longer a luxury; it is now a necessity and must become a priority.…

— Karen Armstrong

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterward forms itself into laws.

— Michel de Montaigne

In one word, to draw the rule from experience, one must generalize; this is a necessity that imposes itself on the most…

— Henri Poincare

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

— William Pitt The Younger

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

— Jules Verne

To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything.

— Inge Morath

Even though I am very tied to and close to my heritage, I learned Spanish in college; I didn't grow up with…

— Eva Longoria

I'm known for value for money. I was brought up to be frugal, and it's definitely a factor in my success. I…

— John Caudwell

“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to…

— Pope Gregory I

I can't read all the books I want to read, I can't watch all the phenomena that interest me in the world.…

— James Hillman

Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the…

— Benjamin Tucker

“More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I looked at films as a career from necessity but all I have really wanted is my home and children. The two…

— Dinah Sheridan

Every work of art has its necessity; find out your very own. Ask yourself if you would do it if nobody would…

— Ernst Haas

“Listen. There is a sound like the knocking of railway trucks in a siding. That is the happy concatenation of one event…

— Virginia Woolf

The necessity for struggle is one of the clever devices through which nature forces individuals to expand, develop, progress, and become strong…

— Napoleon Hill

Previous generations used to eat locally out of necessity. Without options like flash-freezing and worldwide export services, communities had to rely on…

— Homaro Cantu

“The actual structure of the life we know is deeply and pervasively anchored in the particularities of the periodic table. If one…

— Eric Smith

“There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. Put it to this…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

When a person, group, or a government is speaking of necessary evils they must first realize that no evil is truly necessary.…

— Aaron Lee

For the protection of the community, of individual life and health, there are some necessities that should be provided for all at…

— Theodore Newton Vail

[Necessity is] the sum of all things, which being now existent, conduce and concur to the production of that action hereafter, whereof…

— Thomas Hobbes