Necessity Quotes

1320 Necessity quotes by 894 unique authors

That, you know, is why the world exists at all. It remains outside the cosmic garbage can of nothingness, not because it is such a… — Robert Farrar Capon
An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity. — Bernard Williams
... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant… — James Madison
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always… — William J. Brennan
It is fundamental that the great powers of Congress to conduct war and to regulate the Nation's foreign relations are subject to the constitutional requirements… — Arthur Goldberg
Vegetarianism functioned as a purification. When you eat animals you are more under the law of necessity. You are heavy, you gravitate more towards the… — Rajneesh
Jainism is the first religion that has made vegetarianism a fundamental necessity for transforming consciousness. And they are right. Killing just to eat makes your… — Rajneesh
Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life. — John Betjeman
Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of… — Claude Bernard
She's different from the girls I'm used to dating. She doesn't get tired of my stories and jokes or expect me to start reading her… — Tim Tharp
The body is subject to the law of growth and decay, what grows must of necessity decay. — Swami Vivekananda
Love is an actual need, an urgent requirement of the heart, he read aloud from an old essay on marriage that he found in his… — Jan Karon
I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those… — J C Ryle
The city of Hiroshima stands as more than a monument to massive death and destruction. It stands as a living testament to the necessity for… — Edward Kennedy
From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure;… — Marcus Aurelius
...Ethics has not only to do with mankind but with the animal creation as well. This is witnessed in the purpose of St. Francis of… — Albert Schweitzer
My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about… — Angela Davis
Fuel conservation is a necessity, and I have to be the first person to set the example. — Veerappa Moily
If, as I believe, the ends of men are many, and not all of them are in principle compatible with each other, then the possibility… — Isaiah Berlin
As for plenty, we had not only for necessity, conveniency and decency, but for delight and pleasure to superfluity. — Margaret Cavendish
Necessity is often the mother of balls — Nora Roberts
No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter of absolute and… — J C Ryle
It takes place, by and large, with the same sort of necessity as a tree brings forth fruit, and demands of the world no more… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Necessity is often the spur to genius. — Honore de Balzac

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