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Need Quotes

Naming what's needed, without the extra words.

This set is heavy on sports specifics, like a manager listing exactly the kinds of pitchers a team needs to compete. For quotes with a similarly direct, plainspoken tone, see Just quotes.

As far as the Middle East and North Africa is concerned, we need to reconsider the question of reliability and stability of hydrocarbons.

Quotes by Alexey Miller

If you like foie gras, that doesn't mean you no longer need a regular steak.

Quotes by Alexey Miller

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.

Quotes by Alexis Carrel

To join in the industrial revolution, you needed to open a factory; in the Internet revolution, you need to open a laptop.

Quotes by Alexis Ohanian

I think - I do think that we have to have a secure border. We need to make sure that people are, in fact, documented. But that doesn't mean that we threaten people's lives.

Quotes by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

What you need to keep most in the U.S. is the entrepreneurial spirit.

Quotes by Alexei Mordashov

We need a real tent city in the heart of Moscow.

Quotes by Alexei Navalny

The journalists have obviously failed to capture my innate magnetism, humour and charisma, and they all need to be fired from their newspapers right away.

Quotes by Alexei Sayle

Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn't matter, I pretty much need to have.

Quotes by Alexander Wang

Cities need to reinvent themselves in order to stay alive.

Quotes by Alexandra C. Pelosi

I tried to be honest and fair, helped the talented and those in need.

Quotes by Alexander Lukashenko

Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do.

Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith

Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus.

Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith

The police need to come down to street level.

Quotes by Alexander McQueen

I quickly learned that as a fiction writer, you need the sort of details a historian or a biographer would find extraneous or useful to provide context via a footnote.

Quotes by Alexander Chee

It's normal when there's a new show on the air to say this is the new 'Game of Thrones' or this is the new 'Vikings,' because we need to put things in boxes.

Quotes by Alexander Dreymon

Adversaries will do the simplest thing they need to do to make an attack work.

Quotes by Alex Stamos

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc....

Quotes by Alex Steffen

We don't need more recycling, we need a completely different system of closed-loop manufacturing, and no matter how many cans I crush, my personal actions at the consumer level are of very little importance in getting us there.

Quotes by Alex Steffen

That's kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings.

Quotes by Alex Winter

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these quotes say about building a winning team?
One quote breaks it down simply: "We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief." For more sports wisdom, see our Know page.
Is there a quote about needing star players?
Yes - one quote humorously narrows it down: "We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax." Browse more in our Just collection.
Does the collection have a funny quote about friendship on a team?
One quote is dryly funny about it: "I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog."
Is there a quote about the need for strong leadership?
Yes - one quote describes an organization's own commitment to being "one significant source of the leadership we need." For more on leadership, see our Like page.
What's the common thread in these quotes?
Each one identifies something essential that's needed to get the job done - whether it's pitching depth, star talent, or leadership. Explore more in our Always section.

One entry pivots to education, framing leadership as the resource the field still needs most. Readers can also browse Know quotes for related certainty, or Like quotes for comparable everyday phrasing.