Quotes About Practicality

as we become familiar with something, we think about it more in terms of the use we put it to and less in terms of what it looks like and what it is made of.

I love the practicality of a good car. You know what I mean? And when I say 'practicality,' I mean the complete practicality of a Ferrari 458, a wonderfully fantastic every day car.

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful.

When we look at the world, we perceive only what is enough for our plans and actions to work and for us to get by.

Mathematics is common sense.

This imbecile sentimentality, combined with a ferociously practical sense, represented the dominant motive of the age.

Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.

Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

the way we think of and respond to God is the most practical thing we do. In matters of everyday practicality, nothing, absolutely nothing, takes precedence over God.

For those who choose to live no longer as tourists but as pilgrims, the Songs of Ascents combine all the cheerfulness of a travel song with the practicality of a guidebook and map. Their unpretentious brevity is excellently described by William Faulkner. "They are not monuments, but footprints. A monument only says, 'At least I got this far,' while a footprint says, 'This is where I was when I moved again.'"9

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

Our state's world famous motto, 'Show me,' reminds us that Missourians don't much value big talk.

It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.

I knew I wouldn't be able to afford to rent a studio as well as get a home that I was excited about. So I was like, if I can do both in one, I can just about make it work.

When I am on my board, I always have my ID, ChapStick and maybe a $20 bill, because you never know when you'll need to buy a water or something.

I'm putting jobs over ideology.

Ideology never put food on my table.

It's great to want to go from point A to point B, sometimes you just can't make that and I just think Bernie will not be able to implement most of what he says he wants to do.

Small is good. For one thing, small projects can be simple.

we don't live in Plato's Commonwealth, and when we can't have perfection we ought to comply with the measure that is least remote from it.

Grub first, then ethics.

When the country was new, homes, like dresses, were constructed more for wearing qualities than beauty.