The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
The chief practical use of history is to deliver us from plausible historical analogies. — James Bryce Copy Share Image
Engineering is not a science. Science studies particular events to find general laws. Engineering design makes use of the laws to solve… — Ove Arup Copy Share Image
We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical… — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does… — John D. Arnold Copy Share Image
Love one another. My final lesson of history is the same as that of Jesus. You may think that's a lot of… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
The Drama Years is filled with heart-stirring stories, just-been-there advice from recent teens and practical, actionable tips for parents. It's full of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What we want is not mainly to colonize Nebraska with free men, but to colonize Massachusetts with free men-to be free ourselves.… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The practical answer is, no it would be totally impossible for young or foreign people to get access to roof of a… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an… — David F. Swensen 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
My course has never been about triangulation, and neither, really, is Bill Clinton's. It's not - it's about applying your values to… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience… — Robert Jarvik Copy Share Image
And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
Unchecked, the dominating influences of money and of barren intellectualism would reduce the life of emotions to freezing point. And, unable to… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
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
The common willing of a common world is an eminently practical undertaking and not in the least abstract. — Daniel Kemmis Copy Share Image
Nonviolent Communication is a powerful tool for peace and partnership. It shows us how to listen empathically and also communicate our authentic… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses to believe… — Henry Harrower Copy Share Image
Outpouring of affection for God, of resting in his presence, of good feelings towards everyone and sentiments and prayers like theseare suspect… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
The city is always recruited from the country. The men in cities who are the centres of energy, the driving-wheels of trade,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
