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Needs Quotes


"I'm not trying to get back on a team, but I have tried to stay in shape just in case a team needs a point guard. A championship team. I wouldn't go to any other team."


"We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled."


"The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness."


"But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen."


"Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it's a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts."


"The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member."


"Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn."


"You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus."


"You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done."


"Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose."


"Post-modernism is dead because it didn't address human needs."


"Many parts of the granite statues were found, the most important of which had features close to Ramses II. The statue needs some restoration and weighs between four and five tons."


"The guiding principle is not to manufacture the goods everyone needs, rather to earn profits for a few capitalists."


"Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him."


"The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis."


"I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract."


"If you don't have trouble paying the rent, you have trouble doing something else; one needs just a certain amount of trouble."


"I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term."


"It sort of filtered into their subconscious through motion pictures, but it's an historical secret. This - whatever this is - needs to be studied and, in a kind of definitive way, talked about."


"It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good."


"Power, Water and Roads...Earlier only these were considered as basic requirements for the poor. But we have added more to it - Education and Health. By giving impetus to these five elements, we are not only creating employment opportunities but also securing their future. And, that is why the mantra of 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas' is resonating across the country."


"Never invest in anything that eats or needs painting."


"A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up."


"It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel right away, and carbohydrate is the best source."


"Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs."


"To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes."


"If your experiment needs statistics, you ought to have done a better experiment."


"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."


"For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture."


"All of the candidates agree that the Democratic Party needs to undergo fundamental reforms."


"I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction."


"Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies."


"That difficult place to put your finger on about the world - it needs to be illustrated."


"Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author."


"The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected."


"The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it."
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