Could we know by what strange circumstances a man's genius became prepared for practical success, we should discover that the most serviceable… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to… — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science,… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women — Kathleen Turner Copy Share Image
You have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
From the outset, the Christian was the theorizing Jew, the Jew is therefore the practical Christian, and the practical Christian has become… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. — William Moulton Marston Copy Share Image
What is the next step, the practical application? —I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
One should believe only what can be chosen to be true or just. Irrational (or unjustified) beliefs should be avoided because they… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Teachers ... preach "the superiority of the intelligence"; but they preach it because in their opinion it is the intelligence which shows… — Julien Benda Copy Share Image
I am practical by nature, and I'd heard that being a writer or an artist is a good way to starve! So… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
You might be able to get a certain sound, and in the studio you certainly look at things under a microscope a… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If we use our policy instruments wisely with regard to broadband, we can do some very practical things to make 'growth and… — Viviane Reding Copy Share Image
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
Education should therefore include the two forms of work, manual and intellectual, for the same person, and thus make it understood by… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
