Practical Quotes

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A Swedish newspaper reporter called and said, You've been awarded the Prize. I was quite sure it was a practical joke. — Joshua Lederberg
It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing if you're always being practical, following rules, afraid to make mistakes, not looking into outside areas, or… — Roger von Oech
Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is… — Owen Feltham
As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate. — Leigh Steinberg
Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value judgement of, the… — George Steiner
Ideal for the child and society in the best of times, Rudolf Steiner's brilliant process of education is critically needed and profoundly relevant now at… — Joseph Chilton Pearce
The key to maintaining your inspiration in the day-to-day work of meditation practice is to approach it as playâ€”a happy opportunity to master practical skills,… — Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition. — Dennis Gabor
We shall do well ever to remember, that Christianity is not a mere speculative theory, that is to inform the mind; but a great practical… — Charles Simeon
Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all we… — Richard Stallman
Never let yourself think that because God has given you many things to do for Himpressing routine jobs, a life full up with duties and… — Evelyn Underhill
My practical approach based on experience is to create a website for real Internet users, not for search engine spiders. — David Naylor
Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic. — Charles Sanders Peirce
To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it. — Carl von Clausewitz
The word "veganism" denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude - as far as is possible and practical - all forms… — Donald Watson
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
We must believe that "emotion recollected in tranquillity" is an inexact formula. For it is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor without distortion of meaning, tranquillity.… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Brody cannot believe the size of the creature, and with a classic, practical understatement tells Quint his assessment: You're gonna need a bigger boat. Awestruck,… — Roy Scheider
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have or do not… — King Hussein I
MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod… — Ambrose Bierce

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