Top 55 Needless Quotes

Needless to say, anybody who can stumble through a C-major scale knows that Art Tatum always gave his audiences 10 times their money‘s worth.

The weirdest request I got was for a picture of me naked with nothing on but my cowboy boots. Needless to say, she went home empty-handed. I have, however, on several occasions, strolled around my apartment in nothing but my cowboy boots. There was just no one there to take pictures.

Authorities that erect major obstacles to migration – or place severe restrictions on migrants’ work opportunities – inflict needless economic self-harm, as they impose barriers to having their labor needs met in an orderly, legal fashion. Worse still, they unintentionally encourage illegal migration.

Omit needless words.

Needless to say, the Masters is the tournament I’d like to play in and win the most. I’ve never seen it in person and wouldn’t go even if you gave me tickets, because I made a promise to myself as a kid that I wouldn’t go until I played my way there.

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say – at least for the moment – a thing of the past – from what I can tell.

Needless to say, perfumes are a must for every season.

‘Tapestry‘ was the first album my mom ever bought with her own money when she was 14. So, needless to say, it was a staple in the household, at least when my mom was choosing the music.

Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it’s a McDonald‘s in Germany or one in California, it should be the same. And this message is destroying cultures around the world. Needless to say, agriculture goes with it.

With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that’s practically a definition of art.

Mining is a dangerous profession. There’s no way to make a mine completely safe: These are the words owners have always used to excuse needless deaths and the words miners use to prepare for them.

I’m an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive.

I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man.

Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life’s picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn’t scary. It doesn’t imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

The Aam Aadmi party is of the view that Kashmir is an integral part of India. Needless to say that I share this view.

It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.

I’ll always find the hardest path. Needless to say, not always a good idea.

Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens.

The first case I sat on… was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.

Don’t Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won‘t be the victim of needless suffering.

With its fluctuating forms and needless decoration, fashion epitomizes the supposedly unproductive waste that inspired 20th-century technocrats to dream of central planning. It exists for no good reason. But that’s practically a definition of art.

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.

I did some pretty bad things as a teenager. When I was 13, I took my friend‘s mom’s car out for a joyride, and I actually managed to hit somebody else‘s car. No one was hurt, but needless to say, I didn’t get behind the wheel again until I had my driver‘s license.

I have a theory that you can tell what the head of a company is like by the people who work there. I knew a publishing house that was run on fear and paranoia, and I felt sorry for everyone who worked there. Needless to say, the person at the helm was not known for kindness, warmth, or grace.

Needless to say, there is no opportunity to interrogate or learn anything from a suspect who is vaporized by a missile launched by a keystroke executed thousands of miles away.

You couldn’t enclose people in institutions or hospitals or almshouses in the way the Victorians managed to do. India was too big. Seeing the suffering people was terrible, but I think I was more distraught at the needless cruelty to so many animals.

Needless to say, I fully support the legal codes that are meant to protect individuals from discrimination.

I was born in Saratoga, Texas, a little town there in the Big Thicket about 60 miles north of Beaumont. Needless to say, we were very, very poor, but we always managed to have enough to keep our bellies full.

Needless to say, it was the greatest of privileges to serve with the selfless men and women – Iraqi and American and those of our coalition partners, civilian as well as military – who did the hard, dangerous work of the surge. There seldom was an easy period; each day was tough.

I’m an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive.

The first case I sat on… was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn’t scary. It doesn’t imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

Needless to say, when I work on a film, it’s mostly just me alone in my room just waiting to present the music to the director – and either he likes it or not.

I used to love to go to the movies – I’d see two in a row. A few times I even snuck into the second movie after it started… now that I think about it, that’s kind of like shoplifting! Needless to say, I still love going to the movies, but I don’t sneak in anymore.

It is needless to say how great has been the influence of the doctrine of Evolution, or rather perhaps of the method of investigation to which it has given birth, upon the study of history, especially the history of institutions.

Folklore has a moral center to it. Folklore is always, always, always on the side of the underdog, and children have a natural instinct towards justice. They feel indignation at needless cruelty and wistfulness about acts of mercy and kindness.

I’ve seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write.

When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father‘s hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer.

The baby boomer surge is forcing society to face decisions about costs – and particularly what is valuable. It’s senseless for clinicians and governments to bear these choices alone; a sad effect of needless paternalism is that it places a false burden on responsible people.

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.

There are other types of public appearances a writer does in addition to book signings and readings. Each calls for different skills. None of these skills, needless to say, are those that go into writing books.

I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn’t there for long.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

The Aam Aadmi party is of the view that Kashmir is an integral part of India. Needless to say that I share this view.

What a house. Turns out they’re doing OK, the Malfoy’s. However, the interior decorating leaves a lot to be desired. And needless to say, Voldemort isn’t the greatest houseguest.

Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens.

Health IT helps save lives now lost due to preventable medical errors, from incorrect diagnoses and needless infections to drug mix-ups and surgical mishaps.

We can reduce our deficit, and do it in a much more balanced way than sequestration, simply by fixing our tax code to get rid of needless giveaways.

My first summer in college, I interned for Arena Stage in D.C. and taught a disastrous class on standup comedy to middle schoolers at the Arena Stage camp. I had never taught anything before, and needless to say, I quickly lost control of the class.

Animal testing is needless, especially in cosmetics.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Don’t put needless expense into painting a head! Don’t try to match tints! Rose and pearly colours blend into each other so that no one can unite them if painted separately. Keep the impression of your subject as one thing!

I hit this point – I guess you’d say an end of a chapter – where I felt like I kind of did everything. I wasn’t interested in music. It was a really strange feeling, and needless to say, it freaked me out a little bit. I really started to go inward and say, ‘Hey, what is this about?’