Necessary Quotes

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

From a consideration of the immense volume of newly discovered facts in the field of physics, especially atomic physics, in recent years it might well appear to the layman that the main problems were already solved and that only more detailed work was necessary.

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some form of collective self-defence by the loyal members of the League.

In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.

Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident.

How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out.

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

The Anarchists answer that the abolition of the State will leave in existence a defensive association, resting no longer on a compulsory but on a voluntary basis, which will restrain invaders by any means that may prove necessary.

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage.

If I were the president, I would be very concerned... and I would do what was reasonably necessary to find a way to get my people confirmed.

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.

Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.

The anarchists, on behalf of the proletariat, therefore consider it necessary to show the proletariat that it will have to win a gigantic battle before it realizes its goals.

If any performer has quality in his voice he can almost always be helped to develop all the other necessary attributes.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.