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
Everywhere the human soul stands between a
hemisphere of light and another of darkness;
on the confines of the two everlasting empires,
necessity and free will.
?Thomas Carlyle
Necessity never made a good bargain.
?Benjamin Franklin
Necessity is the mother of invention,
it is true -- but it's father is creativity,
and knowledge is the midwife.
?Jonathan Schattke
It is surprising what a man can do
when he has to, and how little most men
will do when they don't have to.
?Walter Linn
An extravagance is something that
your spirit thinks is a necessity.
?Bern Williams
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
?Euripides
Men try to run life according to their wishes;
life runs itself according to necessity.
?Jean Toomer
If people should ever start to do only what
is necessary millions would die of hunger.
?Georg C. Lichtenberg
Necessity may be the mother of invention,
but play is certainly the father.
?Roger von Oech
I don't think necessity is the mother of
invention -- invention . . . arises directly
from idleness, possibly also from
laziness. To save oneself trouble.
?Agatha Christie
Necessity dispenseth with decorum.
?Thomas Fuller, M. D.
The art of our necessities is strange,
That can make vile things precious.
?William Shakespeare
