Quotes About Practicality

What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?

Most women have jobs that require them to leave the house. A cat is actually a perfect pet. You get the love and companionship of a creature covered in fur, and you don't have to take it for a walk, and it can feed itself. Less maintenance. Surely any man can appreciate the practicality of this choice.

Common sense is the guy who tells you that you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always someone else's money he's adding up.

Whereas it seemed to me, back then, in the absolutism of my condition, that love had nothing to do with practicality; indeed, was its polar opposite. And the fact that it showed contempt for such banal considerations was part of its glory. Love was by its very nature disruptive, cataclysmic; and if it was not, then it was not love.

even if he did sometimes flirt lightly with Betty of Betty's Best Home-Made Pies. It passed the time. Ah, that phrase. A sudden memory of Susan talking about Joan. "We're all just looking for a place of safety. And if you don't find one, then you have to learn how to pass the time." Back then, it had sounded like a counsel of despair; now, it struck him as normal, and emotionally practical.

Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold; but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value; for gold, in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Their use of gold leaf and gold dust was not mere extravagance. Its reflective properties were put to use as a source of illumination.

People would continue to adopt a particular conception of the divine because it worked for them, not because it was scientifically or philosophically sound.

I don't need a hero. I was blessed with a large amount of common sense, which is of infinitely more use than a man.

There was little that common sense and hard work couldn't accomplish.

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.

How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.

A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.

Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.

The world belongs to who doesn't feel. The primary condition to be a practical man is the absence of sensitivity.

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

It is not a question how much a man knows, but what use he can make of what he knows.

Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card.

Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.

Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.

There's no way you can shoot low-budget stuff on lots of locations. It's just a practicality thing because every time you move, it costs time and money.

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it.. it's cheaper in the long run.