Practical Quotes

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I am perplexed at the stupidity of the ordinary religious being. In the most practical of all matters he will talk and speculate and try… — George MacDonald
Scientists have practical reasons for wishing that religion and science be kept separate. They can see nothing but trouble ... if they venture into the… — Victor J. Stenger
That is how the atom is split. But what does it mean ? To us who think in terms of practical use it means -… — Peter Ritchie Calder
Taken over the centuries, scientific ideas have exerted a force on our civilization fully as great as the more tangible practical applications of scientific research. — I. Bernard Cohen
Sell practical, tested merchandise at a reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings - and they will always come back. — Leon Leonwood Bean
I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of… — Anna Halprin
Worry is nothing but practical infidelity. The person who worries reveals his lack of trust in God and that he is trusting too much in… — Lee Roberson
Compassion is not a sloppy sentimental feeling for people who are underprivileged or sick... it is an absolutely practical belief that regardless of a person's… — Neil Kinnock
Politics are vulgar when they are not liberalised by history, and history fades into mere literature when it loses sight of its relation to practical… — John Robert Seeley
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering. — William James
Art has no other object than to set aside the symbols of practical utility, the generalities that are conventionally and socially accepted, everything in fact… — Henri Bergson
Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else… — Swami Vivekananda
The demonstration that no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine… — Simon Newcomb
Seek the truly practical life, but seek it in such a way that it does not blind you to the spirit working in it. Seek… — Rudolf Steiner
But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life… — Tony Robbins
The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad… — Alan Watts
Humility is practical application of knowledge. — Radhanath Swami
I was too practical to want to be a painter. — Paul Rand
My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical. — Joseph Altuzarra
When I want to do something badly enough, I do it, but there is a practical side of me that thinks I should be paid… — Elaine Stritch

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