Quotes About Practical

One of the things that made me try writing novels was I could take time off to be with the kids. That's the practical side of what I love about the writing life.

I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.

What matters is moving forward and focusing on practical results for the American people.

I am very practical.

I'm probably quite practical when I'm on stage. I start off with a leather jacket, and then get too hot and take it off. I don't think too much about it.

My mom is very practical, and she originally wanted me to have something to fall back on. She was a little fearful of my becoming an actor because she didn't see it as a way to make a living. My dad, who was born and raised in Cuba, was really cool with it.

The book has had a good run. For 550 years, it was the most practical way to deliver writing to multiple readers.

I am a practical human being. I use everything I know on every job I do.

We judge economics by what it can produce. As such, economics is rather more like engineering than physics: more practical than spiritual.

How Americans restore trust may be an existential question for their country, then, but it's ultimately a practical one: What U.S. society needs to answer it in the coming years aren't lamentations but practical measures, especially among the emerging generations that will define America's future.

Filmmaking in general is my second career. I thought that writing wasn't practical, so I went to business school and got an MBA, and I worked three years in grant management.

We need a romantic illusion to embark on relationships in the first place. After that, they survive or fail for other, more practical reasons.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.

I had my dreams, and even though everyone told me that they weren't practical, I knew in my heart that this is what I had to do. Even if it ended up being a failure, I had to make the attempt.

I came from a practical family. The idea of being a writer seemed impossible to me.

Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves, take a risk, and give.

I think the Conservative Party has a great story to tell when it comes to relationships with First Nations. I want to be part of the solution-identifying process, talking about, 'What are the practical things that we can achieve that the Conservatives can offer?'

I'm a practical actor and work keeps me occupied. It takes care of my bills, so there are many reasons for which I work.

Mustangs are bags of fun too, and they're pretty practical too so they're a good option if you're looking for a cool car. They don't have many cup holders, but Mustang drivers don't seem to care too much.

There's a learned helplessness for a lot of people who are leaving Westboro because you're not allowed to have any kind of independence when you are there so a lot of people don't have practical life skills.

Direction has taught me everything, even acting, as when you're on the field, on the practical grounds, you do everything.

Like most genres of literary expression, science fiction in China was subject to instrumentalist impulses and had to serve practical goals.

I am all-giving like my mother and practical like my father.

Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.