Clock Quote by Patricia Clapp

It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.

— Seneca the Younger

Even Einstein had to rely for his time on his clock.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Before a clock was in the tower, Or e'er a watch was worn; I knew of night the passing hour, And prophesied the morn;…

— Anonymous

“Time was never neutral and often felt dangerous. We either think we have all the time in the world or time moves too fast…

— Katherine Reay

Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind of action we do for someone is a reanimation of…

— Caroline Myss

“The value of a sacrifice lies in its necessity.”

— Veronica Roth

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can…

— James F. Cooper

And the commencement of atonement is the sense of its necessity.

— Lord Byron

Pardon is granted to necessity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the…

— Pope Gregory I

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are…

— William Petty

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment…

— Salmon P. Chase