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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.

We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.

Quotes by John Catsimatidis

We need not destroy the past. It is gone.

Quotes by John Cage

I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.

Quotes by John Cale

It is likely that we need more radiation to improve our longevity.

Quotes by John Cameron

We need to save and strengthen and fix Medicare. Seniors realize Medicare is broken.

Quotes by John Barrasso

Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. We need to live within our...

Quotes by John Barrasso

The decree of a coercive tribunal would not need to conform to the true standard of wages, the final productivity of social labor. It would introduce into distribution a genuinely arbitrary element, with a very large ultimate power to pervert...

Quotes by John Bates Clark

We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.

Quotes by John Avlon

We need to build relationships, not walls.

Quotes by John B. Goodenough

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

Quotes by John Backus

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards.

Quotes by John Baldacci

If we get it right, there need not be losers.

Quotes by John Anderson

Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.

Quotes by John Ashcroft

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort.

Quotes by John Ashcroft

Education is more than Pisa. Particularly musical education. We also need education and training for more than reasons of usefulness and marketability.

Quotes by Johannes Rau

We need to make it very clear to the Iranians, the same way we made it clear to the Soviet Union and China, that their first use of nuclear weapons would result in the devastation of their nation.

Quotes by John Abizaid

I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.

Quotes by Johanna Lindsey

Fundamentally, we need a mind-shift that reconnects our development to the biosphere to ensure good and safe lives for all in the future.

Quotes by Johan Rockstrom

I need people - theatrics and schmoozing and storytelling are part of my talent.

Quotes by Joel Salatin

We need to take vegetables out of the role of side dish, even in low-fat, vegetarian diets, whose calories are generally derived mainly from grains and other starches.

Quotes by Joel Fuhrman

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.