Unnecessary Quotes

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.

Poverty is unnecessary.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary.

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'

And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes.

The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge.

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.

Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary.

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is.

The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.