Quotes About Dependence

The wife of a careless man is almost a widow.

When you are in love with someone you want to be near him all the time, except when you are out buying things and charging them to him.

Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.

We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

People may live as much retired from the world as they please; but sooner or later, before they are aware, they will find themselves debtor or creditor to somebody.

He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

The dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.

Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.

A friend is never known till a man has need.

For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the cunning of doctors give consolation, nor riches deliver in time of need, nor a secret place to defend, if Thou, Lord, do not assist, help, comfort, counsel, inform, and defend.

Man absolutely cannot live by himself.

Like the body that is made up of different limbs and organs, all mortal creatures exist depending upon one another.

It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes that he is empty, insufficient, dependent, ineffectual. From the depths of his soul now comes at once boredom, gloom, sorrow, chagrin, resentment and despair.

I'm a bad guitar tuner. I have to pay somebody to tune my guitars.

Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and our reliance on oil will come to an abrupt and tumultuous end, causing global economic and social turmoil.

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.

Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship.

It's strange. At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more, and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off... and it does feel like it is taking something from you.

Emotionally, I am attached to TV because it has given me my bread and butter.

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

It's rather a strong check to one's self-complacency to find how much of one's right doing depends on not being in want of money.

The more dependent you are, the more ignorant you must be, and that's how they want you.