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Practical Quotes by Hermann von Helmholtz
- 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…
- Whoever, in the pursuit of science, seeks after immediate practical utility, may generally rest assured that he will seek in vain.
- Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications.
More Practical Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in… — Lord Acton
- I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't… — Christian Bale
- Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. — Henry Adams
- Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. — L. Frank Baum
- I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18… — Erma Bombeck
- In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all… — James MacGregor Burns
- Like all pure creatures, cats are practical. — William S. Burroughs
- We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this… — David Cameron
- The spiritual is the parent of the practical. — Thomas Carlyle