#necessity

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect. ↗

— James Payn

#enough #fact #having #him #his

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it. ↗

— Thales

#more #must #necessity #nothing #over

Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#defence #destruction #doubtless #effected #function

Wilderness to the people pf America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium. ↗

— Sigurd F. Olson

#wilderness #life

Herein lies the supreme wisdom, human and divine; and the task of philosophy consists in teaching men to submit joyously to Necessity which hears nothing and is indifferent to all. ↗

— Lev Shestov

#philosophy #wisdom #men

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#cold #correct #first #having #i

I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#any #as far as #between #concerned #distinguish

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#boring #came #environment #fusion #got

Necessity makes an honest man a knave. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#honest man #knave #makes #man #necessity

Invention is the mother of necessity. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#mother #necessity