“A man's actions are determined by necessity, external and internal.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else -- men, guns, ammunition. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Necessity is an evil; but there is no necessity for continuing to live subject to necessity. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
Necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The problem for me is that 'Watchmen,' one of the great comics of all time, is a look at superheroes that has… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Nothing but a necessity invincible by any other means can justify ... a prostitution of laws, which constitute the pillars of our… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[S]leep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Enough exercise, and good food and enough, are other necessities. But sleep—good sleep,… — Edward Everett Hale Copy Share Image
“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“The ever-recurring law of necessity soon teaches a man to do what he does not like, so as to avert evils which… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My complaint, as an exile who once loved New York and who likes to return a half-dozen times a year, is not… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on… — Steve Swallow Copy Share Image
Whoever is afraid must needs be dependent; a weak thing needs support. That is why the primitive mind, from deep psychological necessity,… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared? — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
In one way or another, all my songs are about the necessity for trust. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity. — Slobodan Milosevic Copy Share Image