Quotes About Practicality

It's one thing to be given a big boxful of theory and quite another to make an engine out of it.

The instruction manual for my Motorola phone is bigger and heavier than the phone.

Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card.

One thing I quickly discovered as a female pilot - ditch the heels!

We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.

For an acquisitive Wall Streeter, the money saved by choosing a practical car can be put toward the cost of some pricier means of mobility - like a plane.

I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.

I usually carry my wallet, phone, Chapstick, and a snack at all times.

My culinary wardrobe is the same as my biking wardrobe, just no shoes.

On 'Good Morning Britain' I regularly re-wear outfits, and my wardrobe at home is the same few jumpers and jeans.

We don't have to eat the best food to survive: a basic diet will get us through. We wear clothes to stay warm and hide our modesty, they don't need to be the latest designer collection.

Simplicity is key. Some people like really high-tech kitchens, where you have warming drawers and ice makers and storage for a million different things. Honestly, for me, I need an oven, a stove top, a fridge and a sink.

Even clingfilm - if it's gone over a salad bowl, take it off, use it again. I wash out carrier bags; I save brown paper from parcels. I save string; I save ribbons. I separate all my bits and pieces.

All the clothes I got before my son was born; he can't really wear them! Either you can't wash them, or they're too hard to get on and off - you know, so many baby clothes have sleeves that don't let the baby's arms go in and out. It's ridiculous!

I wash my face with soap and water. I use whatever I have. I will even wash my hair with the hotel shampoo, so I don't use anything special. I try to keep it simple.

I wash my own dishes; I do my own laundry. I'm not a glamorous person at all, not at all.

Practicality requires that we stop somewhere in the process, but nothing actually says we can't keep on writing and revising. In fact, most writers continue to develop ideas and themes from one book to the next in what is essentially a lifelong evolution and revision.

Well, you can't have just some of me, Jai," I told her. "You appreciate the part of me that didn't get angry because two 'things' we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don't repair things if they still do what they're supposed to do. The cars still work. Let's just drive 'em.

If your trashcan or wheelbarrow has dent in it, you don't buy a new one. Maybe that's because we don't use trashcans and wheelbarrows to communicate our social status or identity to others.

to recognize that automobiles are there to get you from point A to point B. They are utilitarian devices, not expressions of social status.

I don't buy cars I can't drive.

I don't carry little purses. I carry big duffels, always.

I always carry multipurpose products in my handbag.

I've always saved. I believe in keeping money back for a rainy day and living within my means. I don't buy expensive clothes; I have a 10-year-old car I'm hoping to replace when a big job comes in. I suppose when we do go on family holidays, I am quite happy to spend when we are there.