I wanted to get punished, and I took unnecessary punishment when I was fighting. — Jake LaMotta Copy Share Image
Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain… You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams. — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
Inflation is not only unnecessary for economic growth. As long as it exists it is the enemy of economic growth. — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation. — P. M. Forni Copy Share Image
“Being perfect is more than just unnecessary. It’s harmful to your productivity.” — Damon Zahariades Copy Share Image
Misclassifying workers creates an unnecessary cost to Missouri taxpayers and puts Missouri businesses at an unfair disadvantage. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
''I don't worry because that gives me unnecessary things to think about that really adds nothing to my quality of life.'' — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
Never allow any unnecessary or vain thought to occupy your mind. This is more easily said than done. You cannot make your… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
For most cosmologists, a supernatural God is an unnecessary hypothesis. For most Americans, He is an unassailable fact. The American belief machine… — Gary Sloan Copy Share Image
Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool.… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Meg was going to have to learn for herself what Laurie had figured out over the summer - that it was better… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
“Nite-Owl: Look, I just meant we took enough unnecessary risks retrieving your outfit this morning... Rorschach: Unnecessary? Cowering down here in sludge… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
There are two threats to reason, the opinion that one knows the truth about the most important things and the opinion that… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Suffering is not holding you. You are holding suffering. When you become good at the art of letting sufferings go, then you'll… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about our marriage, at least to my way of thinking, is that my wife and I no… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky. — Rachel Lambert Mellon Copy Share Image
“Telling a true friend that you need something makes it unnecessary for you to ask them for that thing.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Give thanks to God, who made necessary things simple, and complicated things unnecessary. — Gregory Skovoroda Copy Share Image
The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness." ...On the other hand, he SAID it. — Art Spiegelman Copy Share Image
Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose… — Nicola Adams Copy Share Image
Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. — Franklin Pierce Copy Share Image
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. — Bo Bennett Copy Share Image
Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture. — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens. — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
