Necessity Quotes

1320 Necessity quotes by 894 unique authors

A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man’s… — Richard E. Byrd
Chance is as relentless as necessity. — Simon Blackburn
Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity. The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to natural restored my soul [after the death of his son].… — Clyde Butcher
Compassion will no longer be seen as a spiritual luxury for a contemplative few; rather it will be viewed as a social necessity for the… — Duane Elgin
A story ... has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you. — Alice Munro
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to… — Ludwig von Mises
What can the redwoods tell us about ourselves? Well, I think they can tell us something about human time. The flickering, transitory quality of human… — Richard Preston
Armaments are necessary - or are maintained on the pretext of necessity - because of a real or an imagined danger of war. — Ludwig Quidde
I don't have a life of my own. I've put myself and my life at the service of the people. If necessity dictates I run,… — Yusuf Idris
Since 1972, Ive been going around making speeches on the Everglades. No matter how poor my eyes are, I can still talk. Ill talk about… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas
As the corruption of our nature shews the absolute necessity of regeneration, so the absolute necessity of regeneration plainly proves the corruption of our nature;… — Thomas Boston
Persuade yourselves, that the faith of the gospel is beyond the power of nature; that there is a necessity of a power from on high… — Thomas Boston
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions… — Reynolds Price
By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of a Jury of… — Judith Sargent Murray
Christianity . . . sees the necessity for man to have spiritual values and it shows him how to get at those through physical sacraments. — Malcolm Muggeridge
Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of… — Whittaker Chambers
Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows – it is the result of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. — Jose Rizal
Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age. — Jose Rizal
I think the biggest difficulty is that when I'm here in America, there's a necessity of using English, so I really have a great sense… — Chiaki Kuriyama
Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of our… — Caroline Myss
Belief systems provide a programme which relieves the necessity of thought. — Bertrand Russell
Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right. — Wallace Stevens
Art is not a luxury, but a necessity. — Rebecca West
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards. — Jules Verne
To live intensely is a basic human necessity. — Jessica Zafra

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