#unnecessary

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#casualty #me #only #shot #sin

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#avoided #been #both #both sides #condition

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not? ↗

— Arthur Miller

#am #art #better #certain #certain age

Theology is unnecessary. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#unnecessary

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. ↗

— Chris Patten

#am #baggage #bit #britain #carried

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#assumed #happy #i #joan #just

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ↗

— John Adams

#guilt #unnecessary #war

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#i #i love #love #sophisticated #unnecessary

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#abstinence #condoms #deal #deaths #deny