#unnecessary

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc. ↗

— Bill Rodgers

#etc #gimmicks #i #i believe #i believe in

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#avoid #beyond #goes #insofar #keep

Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#die #going #laden #numbers #probably

Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bags #most #part #plastic #unnecessary

Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us. ↗

— David Suzuki

#bottom line #conserving #consumption #economy #effects

And I figured out that the reason I couldn't get through the day as well as I can now is because I had too many things on my mind, on my plate, you know, for one person to have. So I started to eliminate some of the things that were too heavy to carry and unnecessary. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#carry #day #eliminate #figured #get

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary. ↗

— Maurice Baring

#greatest #memory #mind #unnecessary #your

And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of our gross domestic product on health care. And even then, we had the impression that so much of the excessive, aggressive medical treatment that took place at the end of life was not only unnecessary but it was cruel. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#aggressive #back #care #cruel #domestic

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics. ↗

— Chris Patten

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