Necessity Quotes

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Nature means Necessity. — Philip James Bailey
Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us. — Philip James Bailey
There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing to… — Roger L'Estrange
But the thing that stands eternally in the way of really good writing is always one: the virtual impossibility of lifting to the imagination those… — William Carlos Williams
It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity. — Charles Darwin
Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty. — Samuel Smiles
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy — Joseph Joubert
Fate and necessity are unconquerable. — Joseph Joubert
The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity... — Eli Siegel
A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature... but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the… — Joshua Reynolds
The truth of faith about creation is radically opposed to the theories of materialistic philosophy. These view the cosmos as the result of an evolution… — Pope John Paul II
It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. — Dante Alighieri
The creation of a work of art must of necessity, as a result of entering into the specific dimensions of pictorial art, be accompanied by… — Paul Klee
Necessity does not submit to debate. — Giuseppe Garibaldi
Fear is the underminer of all determinations; and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws. — Philip Sidney
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon — Unknown Author
As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity-'teleological activity.' He is… — Thorstein Veblen
Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it’s often freedom from information, the chance to… — Pico Iyer
The gods do not fight against necessity. — Simonides of Ceos
Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the public… — William Davenant
Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man. — Quintus Curtius Rufus
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit. — Aulus Persius Flaccus
All these troubles revolve around the irritable mutual dependence of life and art - with their need and contempt for one another. Of necessity, to… — Philip Guston
The federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines, I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom of federal mandatory… — Anthony Kennedy

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