Practical Quotes

1222 quotes by 939 authors

I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. — Lisa Whelchel
My desire, my passion, was to help moms with practical encouragement. — Lisa Whelchel
Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going. — Jackie DeShannon
We are seeking another basic outlook: the world as an organization. This would profoundly change categories of our thinking and influence our practical attitudes. We… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without… — James Van Allen
Goodwill is the mightiest practical force in the universe. — Charles Fletcher Dole
An old medical friend gave me some excellent practical advice. He said: "You will have for some time to go much oftener down steps than… — William Crawford Williamson
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Liberty is not for these slaves; I do not advocate inflicting it against their conscience. On the contrary, I am strongly in favor of letting… — H. L. Mencken
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint, a sane and… — Otto Hermann Kahn
[To] mechanical progress there is apparently no end: for as in the past so in the future, each step in any direction will remove limits… — Osborne Reynolds
Engineering is the art or science of making practical. — Samuel Florman
Isolated facts and experiments have in themselves no value, however great their number may be. They only become valuable in a theoretical or practical point… — Hermann von Helmholtz
Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain. — Hermann von Helmholtz
I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic… — Harold Urey
The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's guidance… — Richard Owen
Dialogue is the only way to end war and terror. We need practical solidarity with those who are weaker and diplomacy from below. — Luisa Morgantini
Freedom in the practical sense is the independence of the power of choice from necessitation by impulses of sensibility — Immanuel Kant
I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to… — Albert Einstein
Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of the world, to… — Peter Singer

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