Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
“Priorities are simple to establish; what is desire and what is necessity?” — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the… — Bernard Barton Copy Share Image
The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law. — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“nirvana, must of necessity happen by itself. It not only cannot but must not be induced by trying and willing, since anything… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing? — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Trust is the name synonymous with God for both remain anonymous and yet are just and must required in life. — Anuj Somany Copy Share Image
I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty,… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the… — John Lawson Copy Share Image
I would say that an understanding of man's intrinsic needs, and of the necessity to search for a climate in which those… — Paul Rand Copy Share Image
“He had known that power requires to be used; that the world compels the exercise of power if one possesses it. And… — Rachel Neumeier Copy Share Image
“a concept called the doctrine of competing harms. Some states articulate it under that terminology, but many describe it as the doctrine… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of God, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
Wilderness is a necessity ... They will see what I meant in time. There must be places for human beings to satisfy… — John Muir Copy Share Image
“Necessity is the mother of delusion. For true love to exist there must be nothing that is necessary to it. Lovers have… — Billy Bob Stone Copy Share Image
How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die. — Euripides Copy Share Image
Unlike a state, a writer cannot plead the historical necessity of his actions. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Necessity is the mother-in-law of patents. — The Covert Comic Aka John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
“As there is only a logical necessity, so there is only a logical impossibility.” — Wittgenstein Ludwig Copy Share Image
Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
COMMUNICATION to a relationship is like OXYGEN to life. Without it... it DIES ! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
