Dante+ in any living face; an aruspex might have read a lecture upon him without exenteration, his flesh being so consumed, that he might, in a manner, have discerned his bowels without opening of him; so that to be carried, sexta cervice+ to the grave, was but a civil unnecessity; and the complements of the coffin might outweigh the subject of it. ❋ Unknown (2007)
UPDATE: Jen Clark, my first ever commenter, notes that the FEMA presser itself was an exercise in unnecessity, since FEMA didn't actually do much during the SoCal wildfires. ❋ Johnny Pez (2007)
Behind all these unhappy women is the same horror: their loneliness, their unnecessity. ❋ Jenny Davidson (2005)
Not to say the unnecessity of it -- the children were growing up ... it clearly could be done now. ❋ Unknown (1925)
"That beating with great sticks," the Duc de Puysange considered, "was the height of unnecessity." ❋ James Branch Cabell (1918)
The fearful unnecessity of their disablement awakens no pity, no heart softens at thought of them, no politician would feel his conscience pricked by the narration of their grievances. ❋ Unknown (1914)
Presently, after some more questions as to the revelations which had been conveyed through her to the King, she complained of the unnecessity of all this, and said: ❋ Mark Twain (1872)
Unfortunately, things went sour quickly: Two months after taking his sweet new job, Van Natta laid off 400 MySpace employees, and informed them of their unnecessity by telling them they were ❋ Adrian Chen (2010)
Jarecki covers topics much loathed by war supporters, including the provocation of Japan into attacking Pearl Harbor, the unnecessity of dropping atomic bombs on Japan to end the war, and the damage wrought by the 1947 National Security Act, the CIA, the National Security Advisor, and the Air Force. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Now one either laughs at such wanton unnecessity - a bit like bling, only more half-hearted - or wants to shake the producers and ask them to read a frigging newspaper. ❋ Unknown (2009)
While awareness of the unnecessity and environmental harm of bottled water has been increasing across the globe generally, recent reports have revealed that consumers may not actually know that much about the bottled water they have been drinking. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Makes people nervous because your own push threatens to show up the potential unnecessity, non-inevitableness of their quiescence / defeat -- a point the movie Revolutionary Road does a brilliant job of "highlighting." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Another little bit of unnecessity was the incredibly bad score this film had to offer. ❋ Unknown (2008)
