Aristotle Quotes
The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
Quotes to Explore
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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I am not driven.
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India's trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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I was driven completely by a desire to understand how cells worked.
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A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
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Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.
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Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.
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What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.
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Our children need to be able to see us take a stand for a value and against injustices, be those values and injustices in the family room, the boardroom, the classroom, or on the city streets.
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People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.
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I'm not great with money. I'd go crazy if I were left to my own devices. My mum and girlfriend sort it out. I'm not driven by it, but I love to be generous.
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To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.
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Girl trouble, for me, is when you fall in love.
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I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is the most distasteful thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, good taste is the opposite of that.
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Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.
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The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
