Quotes About Necessity

I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which people don't need. I'm anti-consumerism; I own four pairs of black Levis and that's it.

Even if you don't have any dishes, you need a celery dish.

The dividing line between wish and need was never clear.

I believe that robots should only have faces if they truly need them.

Customer service teams at many companies have already embraced social media, often out of necessity.

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity.

There's just no concept of layering a thick-sleeved sweater under a coat in L.A. A coat is more of a gesture than a necessity. You know, in case the temperature goes down to 55 degrees.

This means that they understand their commander's overall intent and they know their job is to do whatever is necessary to fulfill that intent.

Let us remember that all actions, good, bad and indifferent, are the necessary children of conditions—that there is no chance in the natural world in which we live.

And remember, you can always want something you need but you don't need everything that you want.

The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.

We are wistful about the Golden days of the past and dream of a distant future unclouded by necessity. But I suspect that if our inner souls were asked what in life they really missed, the answer would be primal danger and stress.

2 Corinthians 9:7 Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not out of regret or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Dobbiamo rinunciare a tutto, dunque?» Era serio, non sorrideva. «Non so neppure questo. Robert, in un certo senso ti appartengo. Non volevo che accadesse, non ne sentivo la necessità, e so che questo vale anche per te, ma è andata così. In realtà non sono seduta qui sull'erba, accanto a te. Mi hai dentro di te, come una prigioniera volontaria».

The substance of story is the gap that splits open between what a human being expects to happen when he takes an action and what really does happen; the rift between expectation and result, probability and necessity. To build a scene, we constantly break open these breaches in reality.

The substance of story is the gap that splits open between what a human being expects to happen when he takes an action and what really does happen; the rift between expectation and result, probability and necessity.

Tales are as much the necessary fabric of our lives as our bodies are.

He comprendido que el fracaso, sea personal, profesional o incluso espiritual, es necesario para la expansión de la persona. Aporta un crecimiento interior y un sinfín de recompensas psíquicas. Nunca

Rest is the elite producer's secret weapon. Recovery is not a luxury—it's a necessity and a priority that is beyond important for sustaining world-class productivity over not just years, but decades.

It's true.' 'Then why did you snatch him?' 'We had to. We don't have any choice.' 'Everyone

For I know that there are numberless people who, in order to gratify one of their appetites, would destroy God and the whole of the universe. If this art has never remained among men, although so necessary to them, it never existed, and never will exist.

For all who believe that peace is not an ideal or pipe dream but anecessity. ~Libba Bray They believe, and believing changes everything. ~Gemma, The sweet far thing, Libba Bray Bu the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us forward, into the unknown. ~Circe, The sweet far thing, Libba Bray Stop, gemma, before you go mad. Or am I already there? ~Gemma, The sweet far thing, Libba Bray peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more aruous. ~George Shaw

He needed a woman. Bad.

Just how many pairs of black shoes do you need?" he finally asked, staring at them lined up on the floor. Okay, shoes aren't a laughing matter. I gave him a cool stare. "One pair more than I have." "Then why didn't you get them?" "Because I would still need one pair more than I have.