Quotes about Unnecessary

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. Votes: 8

Poverty is unnecessary. Votes: 6

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. Votes: 6

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. Votes: 6

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. Votes: 6

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Votes: 6

The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good. Votes: 6

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. Votes: 5

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. Votes: 5

Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary. Votes: 4

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. Votes: 4

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. Votes: 4

A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Votes: 4

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. Votes: 4

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Votes: 4

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves. Votes: 4

Lessen the quantity of unnecessary thoughts and allow more space for the energy of love to flow within you. Votes: 4

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself. Votes: 4

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false. Votes: 4

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Votes: 4

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves. Votes: 4

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Votes: 4

We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. it is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home. Votes: 4

Unnecessary customs live a brutally short life in America. Votes: 3

Unnecessary bureaucracy hinders creativity, growth, justice and the attainment of peace. Votes: 3

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all. Votes: 3

I got mouths to feed, Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed. Votes: 3

your Life is cover by only one word 'IS', everything else is Just Unnecessary Happening By Your Mind. Votes: 3

Unnecessary noise is the most cruel abuse of care which can be inflicted on either the sick or the well. Votes: 3

Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost. Votes: 3

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. Votes: 3

One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. I said at once 'The Unnecessary War'. Votes: 3

Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. Votes: 2

Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary. Votes: 2

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. Votes: 2

Unnecessary laws are not good laws, but traps for money. Votes: 2

Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. Votes: 2

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious. Votes: 2

Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible. Votes: 2

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks. Votes: 2

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. Votes: 2

I do not think it is an advantage to build planned packaged houses. If you prefabricate a house completely, it becomes an unnecessary restriction. Votes: 2

Fitting in is unnecessary. Embrace who you are. You will go through rough times in high school, but always stay strong, and never deny yourself! Votes: 2

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement. Votes: 2

Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple. Votes: 2

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero. Votes: 2

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the Christian life is a separation of our souls from worldly tempers, vain indulgences, and unnecessary cares. Votes: 2

I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying 'no' politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life. Votes: 2

People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?' Votes: 2

Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. Votes: 2

What the American public thinks is very important to the future of global health. Many people are moved by the idea that there is unnecessary suffering in the world, and we could do a lot to stop it. We have the technologies necessary to stop most of the suffering. Votes: 2

People feel that the EU is heading in a direction that they never signed up to. They resent the interference in our national life by what they see as unnecessary rules and regulation. And they wonder what the point of it all is. Put simply, many ask 'why can't we just have what we voted to join - a common market?' Votes: 2

Theology is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Science makes god unnecessary. Votes: 0

Government is an unnecessary evil. Votes: 0

Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses. Votes: 0

Sometimes, the unnecessary is necessary. Votes: 0

Sometimes unnecessary roughness is necessary. Votes: 0

You are quite unnecessary, young man! Votes: 0

Art is elimination of the unnecessary. Votes: 0

Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! Votes: 0

Selfishness is unnecessary. War is obsolete. Votes: 0

America is constantly involved in unnecessary wars. Votes: 0

Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary, Votes: 0

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary. Votes: 0

Perhaps love is essential because it's unnecessary. Votes: 0

Regret is unnecessary. Think before you act. Votes: 0

Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary. Votes: 0

Art is the exclusion of the unnecessary. Votes: 0

Design has become the cover for unnecessary consumption. Votes: 0

Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves Votes: 0

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. Votes: 0

Games are unnecessary obstacles we volunteer to tackle. Votes: 0

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary. Votes: 0

Eliminate the unnecessary and focus on the substance. Votes: 0

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake. Votes: 0

A word to the wise is -- unnecessary. Votes: 0

For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary Votes: 0

If two people agree, one of them is unnecessary. Votes: 0

The incompetent leading the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Votes: 0

My favourite subject at school was avoiding unnecessary work. Votes: 0

If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary. Votes: 0

If everyone would paint, political re-education would be unnecessary. Votes: 0

I try to keep myself out of the unnecessary bullshit. Votes: 0

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. Votes: 0

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary. Votes: 0

Politics sometimes is not only unnecessary but also unnecessary complicated. Votes: 0

Everybody starts with a clean slate only altered by unnecessary hate. Votes: 0

Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong. Votes: 0

All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life. Votes: 0

A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary. Votes: 0

If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Art is what is unnecessary, but necessary only to that artist. Votes: 0

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped. Votes: 0

I stay away from Speedos. That would cause me absolutely unnecessary publicity. Votes: 0

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary. Votes: 0

In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary Votes: 0

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary. Votes: 0

I'm not 18 anymore, so I'm not into starting unnecessary beefs. It's tacky. Votes: 0

One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier. Votes: 0

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility. Votes: 0

It has taken me 20 years to eliminate the unnecessary elements from my work. Votes: 0

If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary. Votes: 0

We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary Votes: 0

Atheism, a term which will, I'm sure, eventually become as unnecessary as round-earthism... Votes: 0

On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary. Votes: 0

My phone just auto-corrected my name to "Jamie unnecessary," instead of Jamie Lynn. Votes: 0

Give thanks to God, who made necessary things simple, and complicated things unnecessary. Votes: 0

Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice. Votes: 0

I do a good job of blocking painful, unnecessary things from my memory. Votes: 0

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary. Votes: 0

I think meaning is something that's really unnecessary in music, at least for me. Votes: 0

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable. Votes: 0

I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty. Votes: 0

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. Votes: 0

I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense. Votes: 0

When mores are sufficient, laws are unnecessary; when mores are insufficient, laws are unenforceable. Votes: 0

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary. Votes: 0

If one has belief, knowledge is lacking. If one has knowledge, belief is unnecessary. Votes: 0

After Wakefield Poole's films, mine are unnecessary and a bit naive, don't you think? Votes: 0

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. Votes: 0

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. Votes: 0

Even the best inborn potentialities for achievement do not render unnecessary patient and persistent practice. Votes: 0

When you access and evaluate your goals, you will uncluttered your life of the unnecessary. Votes: 0

I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. Votes: 0

It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary. Votes: 0

I am going to eliminate every unnecessary job-killing regulation. They're choking our businesses to death. Votes: 0

What is necessary is possible, what we want is expensive. What is unnecessary is unlikely. Votes: 0

starvation is a shame and disgrace to the world and totally unnecessary in modern times. Votes: 0

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. Votes: 0

I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living. Votes: 0

There are jerks all over Washington. Life is short; being a jerk is just unnecessary. Votes: 0

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women. Votes: 0

I would characterize current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous Votes: 0

To achieve peace, it is crucial to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy that prevents peace processes from advancing. Votes: 0

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. Votes: 0

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese. Votes: 0

When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive. Votes: 0

dating you would be like a series of unnecessary root canals interspersed with occasional makeout sessions. Votes: 0

A perfectionist is someone who finishes the backside of a drawer, which I consider completely unnecessary. Votes: 0

I think there's a lot of unnecessary bullshit on the Internet. You can drown in it. Votes: 0

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary. Votes: 0

If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life. Votes: 0

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time. Votes: 0

...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary. Votes: 0

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary. Votes: 0

A leader should never risk their ability to make a difference by making an unnecessary point. Votes: 0

I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary. Votes: 0

Just like sweeping the streets, sweep the unnecessary things from your mind too; keep your mind clean! Votes: 0

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway. Votes: 0

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces. Votes: 0

When a fact can be demonstrated, force is unnecessary; when it cannot be demonstrated, force is infamous. Votes: 0

I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary. Votes: 0

When a system of oppression has become institutionaliz ed it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive Votes: 0

Etiquette is the grease that makes it possible for all of us to rub together without unnecessary overheating. Votes: 0

The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings. Votes: 0

A life without integrity, faith, courage and a positive purpose, is an unnecessary gamble with no positive possibility. Votes: 0

The design of everyday things is in great danger of becoming the design of superfluous, overloaded, unnecessary things. Votes: 0

During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary Votes: 0

Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as 'uncertain' is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. Votes: 0

A relationship based on people-pleasing is unbalanced and an unnecessary sacrifice of integrity, that will eventually break down. Votes: 0

Flesh-eating by humans is unnecessary, irrational, anatomically unsound, unhealthy, unhygienic, uneconomic, unaesthetic, unkind and unethical. May I elaborate? Votes: 0

One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school. Votes: 0

What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk? Votes: 0

It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier. Votes: 0

It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey. Votes: 0

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions. Votes: 0

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. Votes: 0

In America, one sure sign of success is the presence of an unnecessary waterfall in a person's yard. Votes: 0

Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves. Votes: 0

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government. Votes: 0

Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast. Votes: 0

We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors. Votes: 0

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc. Votes: 0

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc Votes: 0

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary. Votes: 0

Forget fashion, dress for comfort and for ease of getting through security, so no hats, belts or unnecessary accessories. Votes: 0

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow. Votes: 0

The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky. Votes: 0

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless. Votes: 0

All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us. Votes: 0

What's the ONE Thing you can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary? Votes: 0

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war. Votes: 0

Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain.... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods. Votes: 0

It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble. Votes: 0

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things Votes: 0

Both women and computer science are the losers when a geeky stereotype serves as an unnecessary gatekeeper to the profession. Votes: 0

After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary. Votes: 0

Forgiving is easier when we understand that forgiving someone else means that we are freeing ourselves of an unnecessary burden. Votes: 0

An audience is perhaps unnecessary to the soul-searching mystic, but it is vital to the magician, the maker of prodigies. Votes: 0

They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends. Votes: 0

If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them ... Votes: 0

The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future. Votes: 0

Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society. Votes: 0

Inflation is not only unnecessary for economic growth. As long as it exists it is the enemy of economic growth. Votes: 0

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life. Votes: 0

I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever. Votes: 0

90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot. Votes: 0

Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary. Votes: 0

Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation. Votes: 0

Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. Votes: 0

We have issued financial instruments in the past, and there is a strong demand for them, it is simply unnecessary now. Votes: 0

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. Votes: 0

The primary aim, object, and purpose of consciousness is control. Consciousness in a mere automaton is a useless and unnecessary epiphenomenon. Votes: 0

From now on you must strive to cut out unnecessary movement. Waste in movement is wrong and will get you killed. Votes: 0

If those in power were smart or kind then there would not be any unnecessary animal cruelty in our world. If. Votes: 0

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. Votes: 0

Caring for children is a dance between setting appropriate limits as caretakers and avoiding unnecessary power struggles that result in unhappiness. Votes: 0

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. Votes: 0

Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture. Votes: 0

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived. Votes: 0

Thank God I am not an intellectual! What a garbage of knowledge, what an unnecessary glossary of terms they have, those intellectuals! Votes: 0

It's an unnecessary burden to try to think of words and also worry at the same time whether they're the right words. Votes: 0

When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen. Votes: 0

Samuel Beckett once said, "Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness." ...On the other hand, he SAID it. Votes: 0

The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many. Votes: 0

The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself. Votes: 0

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. Votes: 0

For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary. Votes: 0

When we clutter our lives with imagined obligations, unnecessary activities, and distractions that only kill time, we dilute the power of our lives. Votes: 0

Life forces enough final decisions on us. We should have the sense to avoid as many of the unnecessary ones as we can. Votes: 0

A lot of people criticize Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary? Votes: 0

We all owe life a death, an inevitable death which we can meet. But the unnecessary death that wastes life denies all consolation. Votes: 0

Don't tell me what's necessary, you presumptupus pup. What's necessary is whatever I wish to do, regardless of how unnecessary it might be. Votes: 0

I felt that it was an unnecessary loss of civilian life... We had them beaten. They hadn't enough food, they couldn't do anything. Votes: 0

If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think that you are part of a system. Votes: 0

Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Your stew, so long deferred, stands finally extra causas. Greet it as your fellow creature. It is as deliciously unnecessary as you are. Votes: 0

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage. Votes: 0

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary Votes: 0

Guilty feelings about clothes are totally unnecessary. A lot of people earn their living by making clothes, so you should never feel bad. Votes: 0

That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture. Votes: 0

That really hurt me- I tried to help those children but people just wanted to make fun of me.It was cruel and unnecessary. Votes: 0

I intend to introduce legislation that will make police accountable for their actions and limit uses of force in cases where it is unnecessary. Votes: 0

Normally as an actress you're constantly worried that people think you don't look good enough. It's just like an unnecessary stress that's just frustrating. Votes: 0

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation. Votes: 0

To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle, God, is unnecessary and not acceptable for any serious thinker. Votes: 0

Pesticide is meant to deal with pests as passion is to deal with unnecessary loss of interest! Passion kills the ghosts of "I can't". Votes: 0

I bought a pair of Carpe Diem boots, which were completely unnecessary and hideously expensive, but they make me feel quite fine and dandy. Votes: 0

No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one. Votes: 0

My obligation is to focus on the priorities of classroom instruction, parental involvement and student safety, targeting student performance and eliminating unnecessary administrative costs. Votes: 0

Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him! Votes: 0

Canada, the drinking age is 18, that's unnecessary. Nobody wants to get loaded around people who have hope and their whole lives still ahead of them. Votes: 0

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path. Votes: 0

But, all this while, I was giving myself very unnecessary alarm. Providence had mediated better things for me than I could possibly imagine for myself. Votes: 0

The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed. Votes: 0

While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. Votes: 0

Working in this industry, I have been exposed to so many products and now realize more than ever how cruel and unnecessary animal testing is. Votes: 0

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love. Votes: 0

Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations. Votes: 0

It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer is, 'Nothing. Votes: 0

Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings. Votes: 0

I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. Votes: 0

To base the unexplainabilty and the immense wonder of nature onto an other miracle (God) is unnecessary and not acceptable for any serious thinker.[Diary entry, 1971] Votes: 0

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth. Votes: 0

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well. Votes: 0

Incredible how unnecessary it [questions the legitimacy of President-elect Donald Trump] was, because John Lewis was articulating something that most Democrats simply aren't, calling Trump illegitimate. Votes: 0

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness. Votes: 0

If reality impacted directly on our senses and our consciousness, if we could have direct communication between the material world and ourselves, art would be unnecessary. Votes: 0

The elimination of unnecessary collateral requirements on foreign insurers and reinsurers is not only beneficial for the individual companies, but for the industry as a whole. Votes: 0

Medical costs are soaring because our health-care system is totally screwed up. Doctors and hospitals have every incentive to spend on unnecessary tests, drugs, and procedures. Votes: 0

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving... Votes: 0

Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five billion strangers. Votes: 0

Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn't be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn't be a Surplus if you were loved." Votes: 0

If it is unnecessary to adjust the amount of expenditure to the means available, there is no limit to the spending of the great god State. Votes: 0

Verily, the best of husbands hath many raw edges, and many unnecessary pleats in his temper, and many wrinkles in his disposition, which must be removed. Votes: 0

One can't prove that God doesn't exist, but science makes God unnecessary. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a creator. Votes: 0

Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them. Votes: 0

It was deeply a part of Lee's kindness and understanding that man's right to kill himself is inviolable, but sometimes a friend can make it unnecessary Votes: 0

We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them. Votes: 0

Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in when complications arise. Votes: 0

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. Votes: 0

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men. Votes: 0

The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness. Votes: 0

I have everything in my house organized to an unnecessary T, and I love it! The only downside: I have no excuses for losing my to-do lists. Votes: 0

No! Wait! I've got a better idea...""Your ideas tend to result in unnecessary violence, Sergeant Schlock.""And your point is...""Let's broaden the definition of 'necessary'. Votes: 0

People comment on how you look; it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else. Votes: 0

People comment on how you look, it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else. Votes: 0

We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole. Votes: 0

Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary. Votes: 0

But if capitalism had built up science as a productive force, the very character of the new mode of production was serving to make capitalism itself unnecessary. Votes: 0

I no longer have time for unnecessary drama. I wasted so much time scared, self-conscious and insecure. Life is too short to stress the small things anymore. Votes: 0

To be a human being is to suffer. But it's the unnecessary suffering, it's the suffering that we visit upon one another, that really should be stopped. Votes: 0

We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power. Votes: 0

Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of our own species. Votes: 0

Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things that truly matter most. Votes: 0

The Economic Problem...the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle. Votes: 0

There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds! Votes: 0

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. Votes: 0

The essential building block is...the true love that is impossible to define for those who have never experienced it and unnecessary to define for those who have. Votes: 0

Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words become unnecessary. There is instant communication. Votes: 0

While sincerity and over-anxiety can spoil a picture, through superfluous elaboration and unnecessary correction, the carelessness that would leave it in an unfinished state is even more reprehensible. Votes: 0

I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false." Votes: 0

Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again. Votes: 0

The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy. Votes: 0

I don't care about the word "˜art' because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary adoration of "˜art' today. Votes: 0

Millions of unnecessary photos are taken every day. People stand before the Pyramids and photograph them, when for three cents they could buy postcards which show them much better. Votes: 0

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment. Votes: 0

The GH50L is a monster of an amp. It's refreshing to play an amplifier that is loaded with tone but without unnecessary bells and whistles. Raw and powerful. Votes: 0

... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings. Votes: 0

Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming. Votes: 0

As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived. Votes: 0

While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil. Votes: 0

With our Reserve and Guard units playing increasingly important roles in the war on terror and in Iraq, it is unacceptable to make them jump through any unnecessary hurdles. Votes: 0

Barack Obama seems intent on enrolling more people on food stamps. Mitt Romney's focus is going to be on generating more jobs that will make food-stamps unnecessary for them. Votes: 0

[T]ea, that uniquely English meal, that unnecessary collation at which no stimulants--neither alcohol nor meat--are served, that comforting repast of which to partake is as good as second childhood. Votes: 0

There's nothing terribly wrong with The November Man in a serviceable late-night cable TV sort of way but neither is there anything terribly right about it. It's unnecessary and derivative. Votes: 0

Common foreign policy is completely unnecessary. The various European countries have widely differing priorities, goals and prejudices. It would be wrong to force them all to follow the same course. Votes: 0

If you think about it, critics are an unnecessary life-form on the planet Earth, and here's why: because it's a job without credentials. You don't have to go to school. Votes: 0

By relieving the brain of all unnecessary work, a good notation sets it free to concentrate on more advanced problems, and in effect increases the mental power of the race. Votes: 0

People who have car collections - I never understood that. I always thought that was unnecessary. It's not beautiful, it's not creative. It's just showing how much money you've got. Votes: 0

If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult. Votes: 0

Everyone agrees that animals should not be exposed to unnecessary pain. But neither should scientists be hamstrung by the requirement to use anesthesia in every animal experiment that might cause pain. Votes: 0

What is charm then? The free giving of a grace, the spending of something given by nature in her role of spendthrift ... something extra, superfluous, unnecessary, essentially a power thrown away. Votes: 0

When you stress out, things will stress out around you. Always control your thoughts and pacify any unnecessary stress. Control your vibrations and you are the master of your own harmony. Votes: 0

In the American political lexicon, 'change' always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power. Votes: 0

The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that the loss was futile and unnecessary. Votes: 0

Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to command by law what He had ensured by love. Votes: 0

We all have this perfect little image of who we want to be, but it is unnecessary. Throw the image away. You're already you just be the best version of yourself. Votes: 0

Niagara Falls is simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going over the wrong way and then falling over unnecessary cliffs...The wonder would be if the water did not fall. Votes: 0

I'm going to carry you now," he told her, "so we can move even faster. I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome. Votes: 0

Be careful that the love of gain draw us not into any business which may weaken our love of our Heavenly Father, or bring unnecessary trouble to any of His creatures. Votes: 0

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population. Votes: 0

Photos always seem to exist as sort of stuffy, unnecessary antiques that we put in a drawer "” unless we take them out, put them in current dialogue, and give them relevance. Votes: 0

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary Votes: 0

When life's flight is over, and we unload our cargo at the other end, the fellow who got rid of unnecessary weight will have the most valuable cargo to present the Lord. Votes: 0

As for the decorum at the time of a campaign, one must be mindful that he is a samurai. A person who loves beautification where it is unnecessary is fit for punishment. Votes: 0

One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other victims, and there's competition among victims expressions that are unnecessary. Votes: 0

No matter how many people you kill, using a machine gun in battle is not a war crime because it does not cause unnecessary suffering; it simply performs its job horrifyingly well. Votes: 0

In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization. Votes: 0

To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State. Votes: 0

Also when it is a case of only upholding some spiritual tenet, such as infant baptism, original sin, and unnecessary separation, then . . . we conclude that . . . the stubborn sectaries must be put to death. Votes: 0

Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she sends blizzards. So we raise the devil just for pleasure--wars, politics, race-hatreds, labor-disputes. Votes: 0

Scientifically speaking, the existence of God is an untenable hypothesis. It's not well-defined, it's completely unnecessary to fit the data, and it adds unhelpful layers of complexity without any corresponding increase in understanding. Votes: 0

If you feel some tremendous pressure to do everything perfectly so you won't have a horrible incarnation in your next life - that type of fear is unnecessary. Life is not that finicky. Votes: 0

Billy wanted me to stay a safe distance from the most important person in my life. It turned out that his concern was, in the end, unnecessary. I was all too safe now. Votes: 0

Make use of all free time at the office and elsewhere for chanting your mantra or reading spiritual books. Avoid indulging in unnecessary gossip and try to talk about spiritual subjects with others. Votes: 0

And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes. Votes: 0

[N]o one can doubt that there are times when an abortion is justifiable but they will become unnecessary when care is taken to prevent conception. This is the only cure for abortions. Votes: 0

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear. Votes: 0

Sky is grey, vegetation is plastic, and mankind is pale, for we have spent our days conceiving unnecessary tools for our arousal, and so we hide the nakedness of nature with brutal machinnes. Votes: 0

I felt really compromised. I think legal marriage is unnecessary and I would not have formalised the relationship [with husband Peter Davis] except for going into Parliament. I have always railed against it privately. Votes: 0

The only object of theoretical physics is to calculate results that can be compared with experiment... it is quite unnecessary that any satisfactory description of the whole course of the phenomena should be given. Votes: 0

Through spiritual maturity you will see new ways to avoid unnecessary suffering; wiser ways to endure unavoidable hardships with grace, and opportunities to turn your pain into lessons of service and healing for others. Votes: 0

Its avowed purpose is to excite sexual desire, which, I should have thought, is unnecessary in the case of the young, inconvenient in the case of the middle aged, and unseemly in the old. Votes: 0

True Work is the necessity of poor humanity's earthly condition. The dignity is in leisure. Besides, 99 hundredths of all the work done in the world is either foolish and unnecessary, or harmful and wicked. Votes: 0

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary. Votes: 0

Does it make all the difference in the world? No. But there's a great deal of symbolism associated with whether we're going to add $24 billion to the debt in unwanted and unnecessary pork-barrel projects. Votes: 0

I've always felt that when you use too many products or try too many new things, you're just piling a lot of unnatural, unnecessary stress on your face. I try to keep it simple. Votes: 0

A positive attitude creates a passion that wakes a leader up. To the leader, attitude is more powerful than an alarm clock. Positive attitude in true leadership is what makes an alarm clock unnecessary! Votes: 0

Dialogue is the ideal means of showing what is between the characters. It crystallizes relationships. It should, ideally, be so effective as to make analysis or explanation of the relationships between the characters unnecessary. Votes: 0

In 1940, then-Senator Harry Truman headed up a Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. In the course of World War II, more than $15 billion in unnecessary and fraudulent defense spending was identified. Votes: 0

I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile, Votes: 0

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. Votes: 0

My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material goods and bizarre generosity with family, friends and even strangers. Votes: 0

Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. Votes: 0

As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health. Votes: 0

Sports allow men to build up situations of emergency. What he then demands of himself is unnecessary achievement - and unnecessary sacrifice. He artificially creates the tension that he has been spared by affluent society. Votes: 0

Speech as known to us was unnecessary. A fragment of a sentence amounted almost to a long-winded redundancy. A gesture, a grunt, the curve of a facial line--even a significantly timed pause yielded informational juice. Votes: 0

The psychotherapist ... tries to help the individual to be himself and to go it alone without giving unnecessary offense to his community, to be in the world (of social convention) but not of the world. Votes: 0

Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in relationships of all kinds. It means taking life as it is. Votes: 0

To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. Votes: 0

ANARCHISM:The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary. Votes: 0

The Human body is sacred - the veritable tabernacle of the Divine Spirit which inhabits it. It is a solemn duty of mankind to develop, protect, and preserve it from pollution, unnecessary wastage, and weakness. Votes: 0

Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in those impractical things that bring delight to the inner person. Votes: 0

Twas such a useless thing. And so unnecessary. Many had suffered for the actions of a few. Wasn't that always the way of things? The collective suffered for the actions of an inept, ineffectual leader. Votes: 0

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. Votes: 0

You are human, you will make mistakes, and it's one of the most beautiful things about being human, but you must learn from your mistakes, otherwise your life will have a lot of unnecessary pain. Votes: 0

I truly believe that many of the fears we have are unnecessary. It is something we've been taught. It has been programmed into us. It's just a habitual thinking pattern, and it can be changed. Votes: 0

Shelters, conservationists, those concerned about unnecessary cruelty toward the animals we eat, and people working against species extinction fight to preserve the true riches of our planet, our real inheritance. These are big, critical goals. Votes: 0