Requirement Quotes

The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.

Real travel requires a maximum of unscheduled wandering, for there is no other way of discovering surprises and marvels, which, as I see it, is the only good reason for not staying at home.

Just because the world requires you to be tough doesn’t mean you can’t be gentle with yourself.

Unprecedented times require an unprecedented response.

When you write a song like ‘Forrest Gump,’ the subject can’t be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.

I’ve never had a job. I’ve never needed to.

Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.