Needless Quotes

121 quotes by 114 authors

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority… — Phil Jackson
Complexity is acceptable as long as it is intelligible and necessary. We want to avoid needless complications. — Donald A. Norman
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism. — Abe Fortas
I might inform those humanitarians who have a nightmare of new and needless babies (for some humanitarians have that sort of horror of humanity) that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no waste in the world that equals the waste from needless, ill-directed, and ineffective motions. — Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr.
The hope for the twentieth century rests on recognition that war and depression are man-made, and needless. They can be avoided in the future by… — Carroll Quigley
The religions of mankind must be classed among the mass-delusions of this kind. No one, needless to say, who shares a delusion ever recognizes it… — Sigmund Freud
Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness… — John Tillotson
X, n. In our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless… — Ambrose Bierce
Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I donâ€™t make… — Al Yankovic
Needless to say, I have more no-hitters than Nolan Ryan. — Ernie Harwell
We can achieve much more in peace than we can ever achieve in these needless, unconstitutional, undeclared wars. — Ron Paul
He who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble… — George S. Clason
With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to… — Calvin Miller
Once I gave up the hunt for villains, I had little recourse but to take responsibility for my choices.... Needless to say, this is far… — Barbara Brown Taylor
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
Anxiety is practising failure in advance. Anxiety is needless and imaginary. It's fear about fear, fear that means nothing. — Seth Godin
If private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false. — John Owen
When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective. — J I Packer

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