Quotes About Practicality

I'm a realist and I always have been.

I'm a dreamer and a realist.

I'm a realist.

If my children want a career in the entertainment industry that's fine - as long as it's realistic.

We need realism to deal with reality.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

I love things that cost nothing that have great results.

I've got a friend who's a builder, a friend in marketing, a friend who does furniture removals... It's good to stay grounded like that.

I'm a very light packer. I don't like checking in luggage. I only like hand luggage.

One thing I did learn early on was not to put all my trust in magic. If it can be done without magic, it's better done without magic.

Knowledge is always useful, even if...if it is not immediately apparent how it will be useful.

When my husband won the Palme d'Or in 2002, I wore the same dress two days in a row. My daughter said, 'Mom! Did you sleep in your dress?' But I think it's cool to wear the same thing. I have to feel comfortable.

I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper.

We are pragmatists. We don't stick to any ideology. Does it work? Let's try it, and if it does work, fine, let's continue it. If it doesn't work, toss it out, try another one. We are not enamored with any ideology.

We will make our products work out of the box.

Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.

I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.

The idea of having to match a pair of socks to your tie or to your pants just doesn't make any sense to me... With boots, you don't have to worry about it. Nobody sees your socks.

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied.

You don't want to be wearing tight jeans and a blingy jacket on a 16-hour flight.

I make sure I keep everything tight, checking on my bills. Going to restaurants, I make sure if I have a coupon, I use it. I try to live like I'm a normal person.

As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise.

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

You're searching for unicorns among mules.