Practical Quotes

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Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey. — Jeremy Rifkin
There is no substitute for practical experience, and if you want to write about people you ought to put down that comic book and go… — Alan Moore
Besides the practical knowledge which defeat offers, there are important personality profits to be taken. Defeat strips away false values and makes you realize what… — William Moulton Marston
There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true. — Bertrand Russell
It was one time when people thought the value of the fine structure constant was important. Now of course it's still important, of course, as… — Steven Weinberg
My recollection of the higher school certificate, which involved a practical exam in physics, was being confronted with an experiment involving a sort of barometer… — Peter Higgs
For every way someone can be lost, we want to provide a practical way for them to be found in the very place they have… — Miles McPherson
Yoga is your direct intimacy with the nurturing power of Life. It is the practical means adapted to personal needs, age, health and all cultures. — Mark Whitwell
There's a side to me that likes to make clothes for everyday. But I also think of fashion as an escape. It's like a dream.… — Joseph Altuzarra
Art matters. It is not simply a leisure activity for the privileged or a hobby for the eccentric. It is a practical good for the… — Michael Gungor
The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs. — James MacGregor Burns
When the most abstract and "useless" disciplines have been cultivated for a time, they are often seized upon as practical tools by other departments of… — James R Newman
The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and honey but not with sufficient water, rich in rocks and… — David Ben-Gurion
Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man atevery level: physical, mental, spiritual. It is a practical method… — B.K.S. Iyengar
People who live in states have as a rule never experienced the state of nature and vice-versa, and have no practical possibility of moving from… — Anthony de Jasay
While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking… — Dave Reichert
The relation between practical and spiritual spheres in music is obvious, if only because it demands ears, finger, consciousness and intellect. — Luciano Berio
We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap,… — Margaret Spellings
What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed… — Clara Zetkin
It is rather astonishing how little practical value scientific knowledge has for ordinary men, how dull and commonplace such of it as has value is,… — G. H. Hardy

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