Necessity Quotes

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Necessity is the mother of taking chances. — Mark Twain
Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. — Desmond Tutu
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create. — Raoul Vaneigem
The superfluous, a very necessary thing. — Voltaire
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. — Voltaire
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which… — Josiah Warren
Mothers are the necessity of invention. — Bill Watterson
But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all… — Vivienne Westwood
Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where… — Ellen G. White
There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad. — Oscar Wilde
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without… — Wendell Willkie
But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury,… — Niklaus Wirth
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from… — Annie Dillard
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are. — Anais Nin
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But… — Oliver Sacks
He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity; — John Milton
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute.… — Milan Kundera
That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that -… — Lorrie Moore
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization… — Edward Abbey
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. — Maya Angelou
Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I… — C.S. Lewis
If you live today, you breath in nihilism ... it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church to fight it with or… — Flannery O'Connor
Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is… — Dalai Lama
We are, all of us, creatures of habit, and when the seeeming necessity for schooling ourselves in new ways ceases to exist, we fall naturally… — Edgar Rice Burroughs

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