The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I think in television there's more of an awareness about a need for more diversity, but there still needs to be great… — Greg Berlanti Copy Share Image
In music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I like the light coming from the dark. I like pictures… — W. Eugene Smith Copy Share Image
Well, it's not all Americans. But I understand those polls. But as a result of that, that's not going to change my… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The world is sown with good; but unless I turn my glad thoughts into practical living and till my own field. I… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
As a practical matter, it is hard to think of any society in human history in which a majority population has said… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way......What you are in… — Pedro Arrupe Copy Share Image
...a disposition is an unsatisfactory thing unless we give it practical effect - deeds show dispositions. — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
For three decades and longer we have been developing the ideas, science, and technological wherewithal to build a sustainable society. The public… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough. — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of that in… — Stirling Moss Copy Share Image
At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
His musical inspiration operates in a world uncluttered by conventional bar lines, conventional chord changes, and conventional ways of blowing or fingering… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
Thus, the question of how and when to start vagabonding is not really a question at all. Vagabonding starts now. Even if… — Rolf Potts Copy Share Image
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord'… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
And in addition to its practical uses, it would seem to work for cosmetic purposes. This powder would make my very skin… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make… — Pericles Copy Share Image
We're all a bunch of badminton birdies who just got batted from the Republican side of the court to the Democrat side.… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
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