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
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
We live in more pragmatic times than when we originally recorded those songs. But many of the dreamers of the '60s have… — Paul Stookey Copy Share Image
The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental,… — Richard Shusterman Copy Share Image
China is ruthlessly pragmatic. It supports North Korea for its own selfish interests. And I believe that China no longer considers us… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is… — Linus Torvalds 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
I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system.… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are better able to bring the same sort of pragmatic planning and analytical pre-work to our values scripts that we would… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
“A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
If you were going to be attracted to a mystical faith which involved the contemplative life, Buddhism would be quite reasonable. But… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
If the United Kingdom considers it necessary to start a dialogue on certain issues, we are ready for that, we are not… — Vladimir Putin 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
There's always a tension in my world between the pragmatic and the practical and the theoretical. I have a very theoretical turn… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few… — Frederick Lenz 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
A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate. — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
“You need to do an inventory of yourself to discover your calling and purpose” — Sunday Adelaja 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
Despite the mythic heights to which he was raised, Azikiwe was nothing if not pragmatic, a realist always conscious of his limits… — Nnamdi Azikiwe Copy Share Image
The end is what you want, the means is how you get it. Whenever we think about social change, the question of… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
