If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
The Constitution separated the ideologies and values of the Church from the State, and leaders of the State were thus educated in… — Mike Medavoy Copy Share Image
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to… — Barry Bergdoll Copy Share Image
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. “My lord, there is… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
Often creativity comes from a very pragmatic kind of "well, what if we try this. How about this." You set some parameters… — Grant David McCracken Copy Share Image
In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers in the streets, it… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I think everybody who really wants to change things has to allow themselves to be angry in a constructive way, and you… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
[E]ncouraging the Muslim world, and particularly the Arab Muslim world, which is the heart of the global terrorist threat - to adopt… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
Genuine mental health would involve a balanced interplay of both modes of experience, a way of life in which one's identification with… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
TV is the only medium that I've ever been successful with in delivering really emotional messaging and I think as people are… — Jill McDonald Copy Share Image
That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy… — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
What are we seeking to achieve? We are seeking to optimize budget spending. I believe that even in such uneasy times we… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. ... He was bred up to a code of… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
A man-made thing that produces pleasure (and criticism) by somehow taping into the order of the universe is beautiful. Making beautiful things… — Tucker Viemeister Copy Share Image
Fox News has effectively become the establishment. Fox has - you know, during non-election years, really tended to out flank the Republican… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I think I've had pretty good experiences for the most part with the people who have directed my screenplays. It's more that… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is a pragmatic sort of populist and who tell people anything in any moment that he wants them… — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
This is also evident in Europe, not the dependence on oil and gas, but the fact that structural reforms are long overdue,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
What we are saying is we have to be smart about the ideology that is putting this idea into the world that… — Asra Nomani Copy Share Image
“The pragmatic method starts from the postulate that there is no difference of truth that doesn’t make a difference of fact somewhere;… — William James Copy Share Image
I don't like the way most people think. It's imprecise. I find that when parents ask me questions, they ask very imprecise… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
This is a nice metaphor, too, about mothers and daughters - that when it came time for me to make my own,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When you choose wrong because it suits you right now, the message you give others is that when it suits you, you… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts… — Bertram Brockhouse Copy Share Image
I think that all people that get to a certain level of their celebrity are brands. I accept that. I don't value… — Shania Twain Copy Share Image
In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, what's compelling about sexuality is the way that desire transforms what we take in through our senses, the ways in… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image