Practical Man Quotes

14 quotes by 13 authors

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man. — Henry Adams
It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of… — Louis Agassiz
The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses to believe that perfection has… — Henry Harrower
The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity. — Fernando Pessoa
This is the perpetual and pitiful tragedy of the practical man in practical affairs. He always begins with a flourish of contempt for what he… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. — Benjamin Disraeli
The scientist is a practical man and his are practical (i.e., practically attainable) aims. He does not seek the ultimate but the proximate. He does… — Gilbert N. Lewis
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
...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour to be the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
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
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is… — Richard Cobden
The practical man build's a strong structure from the stone's thrown at him — Paul John II N Caballero
These pages reproduce me very imperfectly, and there are many things in me of which I find no trace in them.I suppose it is because,… — Henri-FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel

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