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Quotations regarding 'Necessity'

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Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
Samuel Richardson, English Novelist (1689-1761)
Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.
Mercedes Ruehl, American Actress (1948-  )
Mathematics takes us into the region of absolute necessity, to which not only the actual word, but every possible word, must conform.
Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher (1872-1970)
The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
Walter Salles, Brazilian Director (1956-  )
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
Walter Salles, Brazilian Director (1956-  )
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Sallust, Roman Historian
The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting.
Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist (1877-1970)
But what you could perhaps do with in these days is a word of most sincere sympathy. Your movement is carried internally by so strong a truth and necessity that victory in one form or another cannot elude you for long.
Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist (1877-1970)
But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.
Robert Shea, American Author (1909-1994)
The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002.
Jenny Shipley, New Zealander Statesman (1952-  )
For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.
Louise Slaughter, American Politician (1929-  )
First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is required principally because of the necessity of the current Russian position.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author (1918-2008)
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher (1632-1677)
Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
Madame de Stael, French Writer (1766-1817)
Women of all classes are awakening to the necessity of self-support, but few are willing to do the ordinary useful work for which they are fitted.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American Activist (1815-1902)
In the scattered settlements of this Diocese, schools and Churches are of necessity for many years few in number, and multitudes of both sexes are growing up in great ignorance.
John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman (1778-1867)
I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.
Steve Swallow, American Musician (1940-  )
The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else - men, guns, ammunition.
Ida Tarbell, American Journalist (1857-1944)
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, Greek Philosopher
 
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