Quotes About Need

Need is not transitive, one may need without oneself being needed.

You can't leave me," he whispered. "It's just that simple. No Deacon, no Crick. I'm not strong like Jeff. I can't just keep going for years and make everybody laugh and not take anything good for myself. I need you.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

There has never been any forbidden fruit. Only temptation is divine. To feel the need to vary the object of this temptation, to replace it by others — this bears witness that one is about to be found unworthy, that one has already doubtless proved unworthy of innocence …

Surrealism does not allow those who devote themselves to it to forsake it whenever they like. There is every reason to believe that it acts on the mind very much as drugs do; like drugs, it creates a state of need and can push man to frightful revolts.

I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration, and his peculiar lack of need for inspiration.

I think that music is a lifestyle that you sort of intravenously plug into and unplug from when you do and don't need it. Some people live it 10 hours a day, some on weekends. It's no more important or non-important than that.

It's a very weird thing, making a true story, because you need your freedom, as filmmakers, to do what you need to do.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the day, it's just somebody's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They have a particular process, and they're welcome to do it however they want to do it.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

We talk a lot about our abundant natural resources, but we need to talk more about the most precious natural resource God has entrusted to us - our children.

I had a good contract at Southampton, the managers in the Premier League are very well paid, but in football you need ambition.

Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

I'm not one of these actors who feels a pressing need to direct, and I have no plans to do it.

You define yourself by either what your clients want or what you believe they'll need for the future. So: Define yourself by your client, not your competitor.

I need to make the album that deserves attention. Everyone's busy. I need to really be saying something.

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Bureaucracy and red tape should not delay our efforts to bring help to those in need.

To solve the deep-rooted problems of cities around the country, we must target residents who are most at risk and most in need and provide quality, trauma-informed care.

We are considered to be a watchdog, the IEA, and a watchdog fulfils its task only if it barks. So I bark when I think there is a need for barking.

In the case of the Democrats' 2009 budget request, the statement of need could not have been articulated any clearer: We need more spending, historic new tax hikes, and greater control over the way American families live their lives.

It's beyond shameful this House can pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks for those with the most security but not see it to provide its way, see its way to provide health insurance for the children most in need.