Necessity Quotes

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The force of necessity is irresistible. — Aeschylus
The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when… — Edmund Burke
There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials. — Isabelle Adjani
Let sleep itself be an exercise in piety, for such as our life and conduct have been, so also of necessity will be our dreams. — Saint Basil
The creation of the spiritual was no accident. It was a creation born of necessity, so that the slave might more adequately adjust himself to… — Benjamin E. Mays
I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to… — Chaim Potok
Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even… — Benjamin Bratt
I think you figure out how to be funny by necessity. It's not a natural thing, being funny in the face of tragedy is kind… — Downtown Julie Brown
I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying… — Richard Chamberlain
When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling. — Thomas Clarkson
Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity. — Samuel Fuller
I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I… — Lori Greiner
The best thing we can do for family values is to repeal the income tax. Then families will have the resources they need to implement… — Harry Browne
A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief… — Will Eisner
Play: It is an an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules freely accepted, and… — Johan Huizinga
The human understanding is unquiet; it cannot stop or rest, and still presses onward, but in vain. Therefore it is that we cannot conceive of… — Francis Bacon
Some experience of popular lecturing had convinced me that the necessity of making things plain to uninstructed people, was one of the very best means… — Thomas Huxley
[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity... — Victor Hugo
A man has a very insecure tenure of a property which another can carry away with his eyes. A few months reduced me to the… — Samuel Crompton
All things happen by virtue of necessity. — Democritus
The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and… — John Stuart Mill
This is what writers mean when they say that the notion of cause involves the idea of necessity. If there be any meaning which confessedly… — John Stuart Mill
No wonder if such persons look upon imputed righteousness as the shadow of a dream, who esteem those things which evidence its necessity to be… — John Owen
Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once… — Mike Fitzpatrick
I will always be an advocate in terms of wars of necessity. I am just much more cautious on wars of choice. — Robert M. Gates

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