Necessities Quotes

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At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was… — Aristotle
Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn. — Abraham Lincoln
Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him. — Thomas Jefferson
Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities. — Oscar Wilde
Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Hey Deion, Bubbelah - maybe you'd better pay a little less attention to those unfairly Draconian salary caps that only allowed you to acquire four… — Dennis Miller
What never vary are the necessities of being in the world, of having to labor and to die there. — Jean-Paul Sartre
Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent. — Ernest Hemingway
Those wretches tainted with the error of Indifferentism and Modernism hold that dogmatic truth is not absolute, but relative: that is, that it must adapt… — Pope Pius XI
Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies… — Alexander Hamilton
Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries. — Mark Halperin
To equip a pedestrian with shelter, bedding, utensils, food, and other necessities, in a pack so light and small that he can carry it without… — Horace Kephart
And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of… — Rowan Atkinson
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty — Eartha Kitt
Beauty rests on necessities. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
They arose in my mind as 'given' things, and as they came, separately, so too the links grew. An absorbing, though continually interrupted labour (especially,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Religion is an attempt to get control over the sensory world, in which we are placed, by means of the wish-world which we have developed… — Sigmund Freud
Free choice - a small selection between pre-established necessities. — Herbert Marcuse
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away… — Thucydides
Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,… — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

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