Pragmatic Quotes

92 Pragmatic quotes by 86 unique authors

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to… — Ahmed Ben Bella
I think in Singapore, we stand a chance of making the one-man-one-vote system work. With amendments as we have done, you know, like GRCs.. We… — Lee Kuan Yew
When I went to the moon I was a pragmatic test pilot. But when I saw the planet Earth floating in the vastness of space… — Edgar Mitchell
That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy men-can't make the… — Jennifer Haigh
I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o’clock at night, it doesn’t matter. I… — Alber Elbaz
I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy. — Chris Isaak
James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic… — Unknown Author
As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation offers a definitive… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler
If you give up on your principles I don’t think that’s being pragmatic... Doing the wrong thing, even partially, isn’t being practical...if you have the… — Ron Paul
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your… — Tom Stoppard
I am not against being pragmatic, because it is pragmatic to make a good pass, not a bad one. If I have the ball, what… — Arsene Wenger
My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman. — Tamsin Egerton
Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally… — Mikhail Saakashvili
[T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is rather to learn… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
From a pragmatic point of view, the difference between living against a background of foreigness (an indifferent Universe) and one of intimacy (a benevolent Universe)… — William James
Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. — Herb Caen
I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had… — Giovanni Ribisi
Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more… — Ma Ying-jeou
The whole quality of your life depends on your state of mind. There are very high states of mind that very few people experience. They… — Frederick Lenz
The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite… — Nelson Rockefeller
All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic. — Richard John Neuhaus
I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm… — Sophie Kinsella
I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed… — Anne Hathaway
Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like… — Douglas Brinkley

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