Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
“Once you buddy up to killers you cannot allow yourself to take their criminality too seriously. You become yourself an apologist for… — J.R.Nyquist Copy Share Image
The necessity of the idea creates its own style. The material itself dictates how it should be written. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
It's hard to leave behind those people who were once important in your life, but sometimes it's necessary. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity. They're formed by people to keep from… — Jack Bowman Copy Share Image
“There are two sacred causes in this world,” he said, holding up his pinkie and ring ringer. “Chance and necessity. By chance… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness -… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“Drinking is such a necessity to human life that people cannot fathom an individual who, like a child confined to a church… — Criss Jami 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
“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
“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
The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures… The separate… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“What has become an urgent necessity is a way of looking at the world that does violence to neither of these two… — Robert M. Pirsig 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
The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. — Samuel Adams 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
It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth -… — Michael Hainey 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
A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose? — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
Government owes its birth to the necessity of preventing and repressing the injuries which the associated individuals had to fear from one… — Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal Copy Share Image
To take pictures had become a necessity and I did not want to forgo it for anything. — Inge Morath 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
When I was growing up, hand washing was a ritual, but now it's a necessity. A child dies every 15 seconds from… — Kajol Copy Share Image
Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love. — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity. — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
War should be not a war of choice; it should be a war of necessity. And it should be a last resort. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Is it perhaps the one necessity of love, that it be needed? And the one great human tragedy that it so rarely… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
I write pretty quickly. Write pretty fast. I was an old press service man. That was part of the necessity of that… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
Love takes support from two people, love can't stand up with one doing all the work. — Mauricio Patino Copy Share Image
At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes of maximum necessity. — Dennis Stock Copy Share Image
