We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity. – Albert Camus
Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness. – Sir Terence Conran
Necessity has no law. – Oliver Cromwell
Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word. – Elizabeth I
Make yourself necessary to somebody. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Necessity does everything well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities. – Benjamin Franklin
To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform. – Johann von Goethe
Necessity is the author of change. – Tim Hansel
The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer
Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own minds throwing? – Thomas Henry Huxley
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg
It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they dont have to. – Walter Linn
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain. – Joseph De Maistre
Necessity has the face of a dog. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Necessity is the mother of attraction. – Luke Mckissack
Only useless things are indispensable. – Francis Picabia
