Unnecessary

Famous quotes containing the word unnecessary:

“We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)

“No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)