That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.
Charles Babbage

That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.
Blaise Pascal

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
Brian Greene

The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our openness to let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness.
Marilyn Ferguson

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.
Samuel Richardson

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class alone.
Robert Heilbroner

The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law.
Bobby Scott

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
Robert A. Heinlein

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.
Mary Tyler Moore

The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.
Pythagoras

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.
Russell Baker

The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.
Christopher Gadsden

The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army.
Thomas Francis Meagher

The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?
Thomas Chalmers

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.
Matthew Continetti

The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.
William Whewell

The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that.
Rush Limbaugh

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
Bodhidharma

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
Flannery O'Connor

There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.
Fredrik Bajer