They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and when the necessity is survival she can be one mean mother, but it's her child invention that's the real dangerous one.

Quote by Darien Fawkes

Topics: Necessity Quotes

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of...

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of...

Necessity teaches all things

Necessity teaches all things

Necessity does the work of courage.

Necessity does the work of courage.

Necessity never made a good bargain

Necessity never made a good bargain

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in...

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

Necessity may be the mother of invention, but play is certainly the father.

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found...

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

To think at its best is to find oneself carried down the current of necessity.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler...

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.