Quotes of Requirement - somelinesforyou

“ Necessity is the mother of invention is a silly proverb. Necessity is the mother of futile dodges is much nearer the truth. ”

- Alfred North Whitehead

“ 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

“ It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative. ”

- Doug Horton

“ The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. ”

- Dean Acheson

“ I have no requirements for a style of architecture. ”

- Michael Graves

“ 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

“ 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

“ Necessity knows no law except to conquer. ”

- Publilius Syrus

“ 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

“ 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

“ Free man is by necessity insecure, thinking man by necessity uncertain. ”

- Erich Fromm

“ Wise men are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; and beasts, by nature. ”

- Cicero

“ Nature must obey necessity. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Now we sit close about this taper here And call in question our necessities. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process. ”

- Unknown

“ Friendship is like vitamins, we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements. ”

- Unknown

“ 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

“ Necessity does everything well. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. ”

- Florence Nightingale

“ A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival. ”

- Rene Dubos

“ 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

“ 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

“ Evil requires the sanction of the victim. ”

- Ayn Rand

“ Great necessities call forth great leaders. ”

- Abigail Adams

“ Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. ”

- David Rockefeller

“ The first requisite for immortality is death. ”

- Stanislaw J. Lec

“ Without death and decay, how could life go on? ”

- John Burroughs
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