Practical Quotes

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The Science of Mind is intensely practical because it teaches us how to use the Mind Principle for definite purposes, such as helping those who… — Ernest Holmes
This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State. This meant much… — Oscar Straus
Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost… — Kenneth Clarke
When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I… — Swoosie Kurtz
Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and get praying. The… — Robin Jones Gunn
If you have ever been accused of being rude when you were merely stating the truth, or called a gossip because you like to dwell… — Mark Kingwell
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience. — David Simon
The greatest cost of the specialization of technological life - and out of which all other damages are birthed - is arguably our separation from… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler
We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is the central core of the subject [computer science]? What is it that distinguishes it from the separate subjects with which it is related?… — Tony Hoare
The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For… — Aristotle
When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until… — Gottfried Leibniz
For me this book was a very practical explanation of one man's experience of Enlightened awareness in in the face of or in light of… — Janwillem van de Wetering
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness… — Swami Vivekananda
I gleaned more practical psychology and psychiatry from the Bible, than from all other books! — George W. Crane
To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we… — Meher Baba
Although human ingenuity may devise various inventions which, by the help of various instruments, answer to one and the same purpose, yet will it never… — Leonardo da Vinci
A new, self-employed architect scientist is the one in all the world who may accelerate realization of a high-standard survival for all, as now completely… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the… — Vassily Ivanchuk
Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them. — Will Hobbs

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