Quotes About Practicality

Self-pity? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage.

There are moments when the inner life actually "pays," when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.  Such moments are still rare in the West; that they come at all promises a fairer future.

You only care about the things that you can use, and therefore arrange them in the following order: Money, supremely useful; intellect, rather useful; imagination, of no use at all.

Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most.

There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it.

Horse sense, n.: Stable thinking.

Suppose somebody showed us a way whereby we would truly love one another, and be at peace, be at love. Can you think of anything more practical than that? But, instead, you have people thinking that big business is more practical, that politics is more practical, that science is more practical. What's the earthly use of putting a man on the moon when we cannot live on the earth?

There were even proper cloth serviettes in metal rings. Who does that anymore? What's wrong with a square of kitchen roll?

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.

The women I grew up with didn't have a different purse to match all their outfits.

I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.

I've been wearing Supergas forever. I'm always in flats, running around, so it makes sense for me.

If you look at the CEOs of some the most successful companies in the world like IKEA, they never fly first class. They always go economy.

What's the point of creating a budget if it's not possible to follow through?

There's nothing wrong with using frozen and canned food. There's nothing in this series I'm ashamed of. It's the way I cook.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.

If something is functional, you no longer think about it. I care about how meaningful things are.

Leather has a real durability and functionality.

Hittite law emphasized restitution rather than revenge. Humankind lost a certain useful practicality when it chose the other Semitic response—never to forgive and never to forget.

You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters.

the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters. It must be a Bene Gesserit thing." "It's a female thing," she said.

Life is hard, the earth stubborn, science rich in knowledge but poor in practical results.

We were far from being the kind of band that threw TVs out of hotel windows. In fact, we carried our own toolbox with us so that if anything got broken, we could nail it back together and not be charged for it.