“ I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. ”
- Agatha Christie- Copy
- 2K
“ It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative. ”
- Doug Horton- Copy
- 3.3K
“ By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.4K
“ Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will. ”
- Thomas Carlyle- Copy
- 2K
“ The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ”
- Thomas A. Edison- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. ”
- Erich Fromm- Copy
- 513
“ Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; and beasts, by nature. ”
- Cicero- Copy
- 276
“ Now we sit close about this taper here And call in question our necessities. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1K
“ Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements. ”
- Unknown- Copy
- 1.9K
“ In the US we find the label requirements are crazy. It is almost as if we had to label a bookcase with the warning 'do not eat this bookcase — it can be harmful to your health'. ”
- Bjorn Bayley- Copy
- 686
“ The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. ”
- Florence Nightingale- Copy
- 3.7K
“ A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. ”
- Eric Hoffer- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 276
“ Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. ”
- Rene Dubos- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too. ”
- Jan Morris- Copy
- 2.8K
“ It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm. ”
- Florence Nightingale- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ”
- Dalai Lama- Copy
- 3.2K
“ If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. ”
- David Rockefeller- Copy
- 3.4K
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