The unblemished ideal exists only in happily-ever-after fairy tales. Ruth likes to say, "If two people agree on everything, one of them… — Billy Graham 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
It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their… — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
There are only four things in all cleaners - whether it's shampoo, laundry detergent, whatever.You buy them in bulk and you mix… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
“Pesticide is meant to deal with pests as passion is to deal with unnecessary loss of interest! Passion kills the ghosts of… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. — James Lovelock 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
On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ecstasy is our very nature, not to be ecstatic is simply unnecessary. To be ecstatic is natural, spontaneous. It needs no effort… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions. — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Be carefree yet careful: While you should work on overcoming unnecessary worrying, have a healthy fear of danger and sensibly guard yourself… — Zelig Pliskin Copy Share Image
We spend billions on marginal and often unnecessary procedures on people who are in the final dying process, yet we leave millions… — Richard Lamm Copy Share Image
I don't like the way question marks look. They're really ugly. They look like blots. At some other point in my life,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Indeed, my wish is quite simple: if we could learn to recognise and evade the biggest errors in our thinking - in… — Rolf Dobelli Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
The American Negro must rebuild his past in order to make his future. Though it is orthodox to think of America as… — Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Copy Share Image
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An audience is perhaps unnecessary to the soul-searching mystic, but it is vital to the magician, the maker of prodigies. — Domenico Gnoli Copy Share Image
Does it make all the difference in the world? No. But there's a great deal of symbolism associated with whether we're going… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Its avowed purpose is to excite sexual desire, which, I should have thought, is unnecessary in the case of the young, inconvenient… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
