Necessities Quotes

192 Necessities quotes by 162 unique authors

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. — Benjamin Franklin
Our necessities never equal our wants. — Benjamin Franklin
In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its… — Alexander Hamilton
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets… — Brad Henry
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. — Aldous Huxley
Luxury is anything you don't need, right? I mean, you need food, water, clothing, shelter... but good wine, good food, beautiful interiors, nice clothes; those… — Marc Jacobs
I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and… — Naveen Jain
The international community lies at the center of the Obama foreign policy. Unfortunately, it is a fiction. There is no such thing. Different countries have… — Charles Krauthammer
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. — Dalai Lama
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. — Margaret Mead
Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price. — Robert Orben
The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a… — Pope John Paul II
One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude. — Carl Sandburg
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes. — George Bernard Shaw
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. — Mark Twain
For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own… — John Updike
The love of Christ reaches to the very depths of earthly misery and woe, or it would not meet the case of the veriest sinner.… — Ellen G. White
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. — Frank Lloyd Wright
These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of… — Abigail Adams
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. — Oscar Wilde
pull a string, a puppet moves ... each man must realize that it can all disappear very quickly: the cat, the woman, the job, the… — Charles Bukowski
Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love… — Pope Benedict XVI
War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else.… — Steven Erikson
You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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