Practical Quotes

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But just now, he'd gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of course they had… — Nancy Werlin
In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Both for the production on a mass scale of this communist consciousness, and for the success of the cause itself, the alteration of men on… — Karl Marx
It gave her a feeling of her own power, to make something practical and beautiful just by using her own skill and creativity. It inspired… — Kate Jacobs
A man or a race either if he's any good can survive his past without even needing to escape from it and not because of… — William Faulkner
Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound… — Che Guevara
I've about decided that's the main thing that separates happy people from the other people: the feeling that you're a practical item, with a use,… — Barbara Kingsolver
We all have two lives: The true, the one we dreamed of in childhood And go on dreaming of as adults in a substratum of… — Fernando Pessoa
I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. — Truman Capote
It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one. — Rick Riordan
In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned. — Jules Verne
One minute. You know nothing about him. He probably has his own joys and interests- wife, children, snug little home. That's where we practical fellows'-… — E. M. Forster
Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big — Lisa Genova
... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores.… — Patrick Rothfuss
You can neither lie to a neighbourhood park, nor reason with it. 'Artist's conceptions' and persuasive renderings can put pictures of life into proposed neighbourhood… — Jane Jacobs
Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean. — Terry Pratchett
Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who… — John Maynard Keynes
Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting. — James A. Owen
There are moments when the inner life actually 'pays,' when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use. — E. M. Forster

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