Need
A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
Want of the means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
That which is needful; anything necessary to be done; (pl.) necessary things; business.
Situation of need; peril; danger.
To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief.
To be wanted; to be necessary.
Of necessity. See Needs.
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Need Quotations
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Albert Einstein
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
Mother Teresa
I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
Winston Churchill
I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.
Muhammad Ali
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
Winston Churchill
Superman don't need no seat belt.
Muhammad Ali
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
Confucius
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Mark Twain
Need Translations
need in Dutch is nodig hebben, hoeven, behoeven, moeten
need in Finnish is tarvita
need in Italian is aver bisogno, usare, richiesta, bisogno, richiesta
need in Latin is difficultas, desiderium, indigeo
need in Portuguese is necessidade
need in Spanish is necesitar, menester, necesidad
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