Practicality Quotes

46 quotes by 42 authors

I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade… — Alan Cranston
Comfort, simplicity, practicality - these are all American words. It is simplicity in fabric and way of cut. You cannot produce complicated clothes or spend… — Zoran
I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me. — George Herbert
Without vision you don't see, and without practicality the bills don't get paid. — Paul Engle
There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. — David Whyte
Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory. — Kenneth Lee Pike
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
Once we are fed, heated, housed and healthy, our extra consumption inevitably has an element of luxury about it. And once luxury enters the scene,… — Evan Davis
Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end… — Gary Vaynerchuk
I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is… — Peter Zumthor
Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh,… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson
All there will ever be is what's happening here. Decisions we make in this moment are based on either love or fear. So many of… — Jim Carrey
It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which… — Stephen Bayley
I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' I mean the complete practicality of a… — Hunter Hayes
I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things. — Jeremy Renner
There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands. — Eleanor Roosevelt
A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality. — Donatella Versace
During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated… — Martin Filler
We have all forgotten what we really are. All that we call common sense and rationality and practicality and positivism only means that for certain… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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