Necessary Quotes

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

A "sin" is something which is not necessary.

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

This is why the ultimate reason of things must lie in a necessary substance, in which the differentiation of the changes only exists eminently as in their source; and this is what we call God.

Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise.

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

In reality, everyone is good in bed. Close eyes. Shutdown brain. Pause as necessary. Restart brain. Open eyes. What's there to not be good at? Bed is the one place where laziness is rewarded.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

There are things we can all do to help, including carpooling and traveling only when necessary, in order to save gas during this time. However, there is also something more important which we can all do: buy only the gas which you need.

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.

They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is spending $2.4 trillion in the most efficient manner.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

Studying anthropology, I developed a kind of holistic view of human existence, in which the dichotomies you listed are all necessary and vital aspects of life.