Pragmatic Quotes

92 Pragmatic quotes by 86 unique authors

But I think the children of actors share a certain pragmatic approach. One is denied some of that 'running away with the circus' element of… — Toby Jones
The three branches of somaesthetics: the analytic study of the body's role in perception, experience, and action and thus in our mental, moral, and social… — Richard Shusterman
In pragmatic terms, our challenge is less to save the earth from ourselves and more to save ourselves from an earth that, if pushed too… — Naomi Klein
When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism. — Joan Halifax
Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth. — Billy Corgan
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied… — Harvey Fierstein
Dream in a pragmatic way. — Aldous Huxley
Directing is a more pragmatic experience, where you have to deal with the restrictions of time and money that force you to make certain decisions… — Charlie Kaufman
I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of… — Nathan Myhrvold
I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do… — Michelle Obama
The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the Protestant plain style… — Camille Paglia
For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic. — Shimon Peres
Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we… — Al-Waleed bin Talal
I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works. — Linus Torvalds
However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent. — Robert Winston
I work on fittings, mostly. You know, I sketch less and less in my work. I sketch for the show sometimes, but then it becomes… — Alber Elbaz
What good the prophet in the wilderness may do is incremental and personal. It's good for us to hear someone speak the irrational truth. It's… — George Saunders
The Four Noble Truths are pragmatic rather than dogmatic. They suggest a course of action to be followed rather than a set of dogmas to… — Stephen Batchelor
Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other. — Kate Morton
Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done,… — Warren G. Bennis
The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions. — Colin Wilson
What kind of world would we create if three times a day we activated our compassion and reason as we sat down to eat, if… — Jonathan Safran Foer
As Marcus considered various ways to open the subject of Daisy, Swift surprised him with a blunt statement. “My lord, there is something I would… — Lisa Kleypas
In a president, character is everything. A president doesn't have to be brilliant... He doesn't have to be clever; you can hire clever... You can… — Peggy Noonan
I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft. — Kevin Barry

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