Quotes about Necessity

“Necessity has no law.”

“Foul water will quench fire.”

“Necessity does everything well.”

“Necessity has the face of a dog.”

“Necessity is the author of change.”

“The superfluous is very necessary.”

“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”

“Necessity makes even the timid brave.”

“Necessity is the mother of attraction.”

“Only useless things are indispensable.”

“What one has to do usually can be done.”

“Necessity knows no law except to conquer.”

“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”

“Nature must obey necessity. [Julius Caesar]”

“Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.”

“We do what we must, and call it by the best names.”

“To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.”

“Necessity is not an established fact, but rather an interpretation.”

“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”

“We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.”

“Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness.”

“Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.”

“Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.”

“If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.”

“Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.”

“Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing?”

“It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.”

“Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true -- but it's father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife.”

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”