--- title: "10 Practical People Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Practical People quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Practical People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/famke-janssen-8687_dutch_the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people-27_2781649.jpg" --- > [The Dutch are a very practical people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/famke-janssen/the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people/) [Famke Janssen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/famke-janssen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/famke-janssen-8687_dutch_the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people-27_2781649.jpg) > [Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-taft/ohioans-are-practical-we-re-a-can-do-people-give-us-a-problem-we-ll/) [Bob Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-taft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/bob-taft-33450_giving_ohioans-are-practical-we-re-a-can-do-peo_2622119.jpg) > [“We’re so useful, we practical people. We hold it altogether. But we’re seen as killjoys, somehow. Most unfair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-re-so-useful-we-practical-people-we-hold-it-altogether-but-we-re/) [Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8b/joanna-trollope-18494_unfair_we-re-so-useful-we-practical-people-we-h_2377770.jpg) > [Technical know-how of the experts must be transformed into practical do-how of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/y-c-james-yen/technical-know-how-of-the-experts-must-be-transformed-into-practical/) [Y. C. James Yen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/y-c-james-yen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/y-c-james-yen-37539_experts_technical-know-how-of-the-experts-must-b_1603881.jpg) > [Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-mcevoy/practical-people-would-be-more-practical-if-they-would-take-a-little/) [J. P. McEvoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-mcevoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/j-p-mcevoy-58581_dream_practical-people-would-be-more-practical_816202.jpg) > [Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeannette-walls/unlike-diamonds-watches-were-practical-they-were-for-people-on-the/) [Jeannette Walls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeannette-walls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/jeannette-walls-1378_diamond_unlike-diamonds-watches-were-practical-t_1917783.png) > [The English, being the most practical people in the world, came up with parliamentary democracy and codified football and Cadbury's Creme Egg.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ardal-o-hanlon/the-english-being-the-most-practical-people-in-the-world-came-up-with/) [Ardal O'Hanlon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ardal-o-hanlon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/ardal-o-hanlon-8746_brexit_the-english-being-the-most-practical-peo_1390927.jpg) > [ “\[...\] from what I'd been able to ascertain online, the Swiss were a reassuringly practical people. They had a long, proud history… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-extence/from-what-i-d-been-able-to-ascertain-online-the-swiss-were-a/) [Gavin Extence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-extence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/gavin-extence-17798_history_from-what-i-d-been-able-to-ascertain-onl_1498372.jpg) > [My parents are very practical people and they told me, 'If this comedy thing is an actual career and a job that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayo-edebiri/my-parents-are-very-practical-people-and-they-told-me-if-this-comedy/) [Ayo Edebiri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayo-edebiri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/ayo-edebiri-6347_career_my-parents-are-very-practical-people-and_1430913.jpg) > [The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-well-adjusted-make-poor-prophets-a-pleasant-existence-blinds-us/) [Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a49/eric-hoffer-343_absorbing_the-well-adjusted-make-poor-prophets-a-p_870888.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/practical-people/#itemlist", "name": "Practical People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Dutch are a very practical people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Famke Janssen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/famke-janssen/the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/famke-janssen-8687_dutch_the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people-27_2781649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/famke-janssen-8687_dutch_the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people-27_2781649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/famke-janssen-8687_dutch_the-dutch-are-a-very-practical-people-27_2781649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Dutch are a very practical people.” — Famke Janssen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ohioans are practical. 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