When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in… — Laurance Labadie Copy Share Image
It is almost superfluous to say that there is no such thing as a free and independent press among the mainstream news… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
To recover the fatherhood idea, we must fashion a new cultural story of fatherhood. The moral of today's story is that fatherhoodis… — David Blankenhorn Copy Share Image
We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
To call the world God is not to explain it; it is only to enrich our language with a superfluous synonym. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We can hardly expect the nation-state to make itself superfluous, at least not overnight. Rather what we must aim for is really… — Henry Morgenthau, Jr Copy Share Image
All sorts of articles and letters appear in the papers about women. Profound questions are raised concerning them. Should they smoke? Should… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There were too many lemmings - that was the core of their difficulty. None wanted solitude, but a crowd of this size… — Sally Carrighar Copy Share Image
My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera… — Eddie Redmayne Copy Share Image
If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Each superfluous line, each wrongly placed line, any color placed without veneration or care, can spoil everything, that is, the spiritual. — Theo van Doesburg Copy Share Image
Historical refutation as the definitive refutation.- In former times, one sought to prove that there is no God - today one indicates… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Titles have never given a just idea of things; were it otherwise, the work would be superfluous. — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
Although human ingenuity may devise various inventions which, by the help of various instruments, answer to one and the same purpose, yet… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Dress not thy thoughts in too fine a raiment. And be not a man of superfluous words or superfluous deeds. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of… — Dogen Copy Share Image
From fifth grade on, I worked at our public library. The pay, a pittance, was almost superfluous. All through high school, I… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Modeling is a lonely business... You don't speak. You don't really portray anything but an image... the business is so superfluous about… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
