Quotes About Practicality

it saves bother to get an animal to walk to the slaughterhouse rather than having to drag it there. And

Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find time to read to them the scriptures.

You might be a redneck if you think that the styrofoam cooler is the greatest invention of all time.

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Always keep bobby pins on hand. It's amazing what you can do with those in a time crunch.

We will not, therefore, lose our time praying to an imaginary god for things which our own exertions alone can procure.

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.

She, Betty Fernandez, spoke only of people, those she'd seen in the street or those she knew, about how they were, the things still left for sale in the shops, extra rations of milk and fish, good ways of dealing with shortages, with cold and constant hunger, she was always concerned with the practical details of life, she didn't go beyond that, always a good friend, very loyal and affectionate.

el sentido común es la más valiosa de las virtudes políticas.

Life is so unlike theory.

What's the use of crowbars? It's not crowbars that we need, it's intelligence and common sense

Nature does nothing uselessly.

I'm not ruthless. It's common sense that's ruthless.

The simplest solution is always best.

That head of yours should be for use as well as ornament.

As long as I have my trousers I have a hip-pocket, and as long as I have my hip-pocket I have something in it.

Like my grandma, may she rest in peace, used to say: "The best check is ready cash.

A man is only flesh and blood, after all; you can't fill a stomach with words.

My philosophy is best summed up by the phrase 'plain, simple, and useful.' Such things may not win many design prizes, but neither do they go out of fashion.

Pues veo que son efectivos, sobre todo, los hechos llevados a cabo por los consejos de los que tienen experiencia.

Is there any such thing as wisdom not applied to life?

Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.

I believe the houses of the future will be...designed to welcome rather than to impress. People...will want homes in which every room is used every day and in which there are no wasted spaces--homes less like furniture stores or warehouses and more like nests.