Practical Quotes

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Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics]… — Aristotle
Solving problems is a practical skill like, let us say, swimming. We acquire any practical skill by imitation and practice. Trying to swim, you imitate… — George Polya
It can be of no practical use to know that Pi is irrational, but if we can know, it surely would be intolerable not to… — Edward Charles Titchmarsh
I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately. — Brendan Fraser
To the men of this world, to the animal strength and spirits, to the men of practical power, whilst immersed in it, the man of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. — Anton Chekhov
On the Russian revolutionaries:To leave your parents, faithful and loyal subjects of the Emperor, to leave your profession, to desist from having children, to lose… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation. — George Earle Buckle
Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it… — Samuel Alexander
Thanks to the ongoing support of the Government of Ontario, RHF, in partnership with the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, has galvanized Ontarioâ€™s best researchers, clinicians and… — Rick Hansen
Young people are looking for meaning and happiness to accompany their first paycheque. Inspire Your Career provides career advice designed to help you find more… — Marc Kielburger
While there are practical and sometimes moral reasons for the decomposition of the family, it coincides neither with what most people in society say they… — Robert Neelly Bellah
There is a direct line that runs from our doctrine to our actions, from what is in our minds to what is in our words… — Tom Wells
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any… — Sidney Altman
I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail. — Alma Guillermoprieto
The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to the screen of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of causing the scriptures to gain complete ascendancy over me. I… — John Nelson Darby
Until the building of Solomons temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy… — Julius Wellhausen
Let's stick to the practical and the concrete: Would you like it if people lived in a virtual world? If machines were smarter than people?… — Theodore Kaczynski
Rich Christiansen is one of the most insightful, practical and cost-conscious entrepreneurs in the world today. Listen to Rich. He won't steer you wrong. — Roy H. Williams

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