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Practically Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once…
- He who is only a traveler learns things at second-hand and by the halves, and is poor authority. We are most interested when science reports…
- It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he…
- To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.
- I confess, that practically speaking, when I have learneda man's real disposition, I have no hopes of changing it for the better or worse in…
- He who is only a traveler learns things at second-handand by the halves, and is poorauthority. We are most interested when science reports what those…
More Practically Quotes
- Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. — Karen Armstrong
- I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my… — Lauren Bacall
- Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and… — Abraham Lincoln
- The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same… — James A. Baldwin
- The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at… — Richard Branson
- I love women in all their different incarnations. My friends are practically all women. They are much more intelligent than men. — Roberto Cavalli
- I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be… — Kelly Clarkson
- I learned then that practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good, and that motives are often more… — Eleanor Roosevelt