Quotes About Practical

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

I believe on the issue of immigration, you have to deal with it sensibly.

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.

Anyone who has reached a certain stage of intellectual knowledge will recognise the unity of mankind.... That intellectual recognition of the unity is practically universal among educated people; but very few are prepared to carry out the intellectual recognition into practical life and practical training.

Men are apt to turn aside somewhat impatiently from an argument about the Nature and Existence of the Deity, because they consider that the question is a metaphysical one which leads nowhere; a problem the resolution of which is beyond our faculties, and the study of which is at once useless and dangerous; they forget that action is ruled by thought, and that our ideas about God are therefore of vast practical importance.

To the English majors. We may not always be practical, but we have infinite potential.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Being able to accelerate trust organizationally in a tangible, practical way is a big deal. Intellectually, people understand the importance of trust, but translating that concept into reality is an entirely different matter. Leaders and managers struggle with it especially. They often find it maddening knowing that building trust is essential but not knowing exactly how to build trust within their organization.

I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.

I understand, said the notary; a man of science can't be worried with the practical details of life.

By necessity practical and by philosophy stern, these folk were not beautiful in their sins.

The only practical effect of having a soul is that it fills man with anthropomorphic and anthropocentric vanities—in brief, with the cocky superstitions that make him disgusting.

95% of economics is common sense

There were two laminated class chairs in front of most of the doors. The chairs looked sturdy and practical and about as comfortable as a tweed thong.

It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band.

My dad was always in sales. My mom had a heart for the ages. Worked in recreation, doing rehabilitation in nursing homes. Very nice, practical folks who were very proud of me but had no inclination toward the stage in any way.

When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.

Time travel may be possible, but it is not practical.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

We must experience the Truth in a direct, practical and real way; this is only possible in the stillness and silence of the mind, and this is achieved by means of meditation.

No other literature is subjected to such abuse, but practical commentaries will frequently cut biblical narratives into little pieces for the sake of attaching to these pieces some morals or other "relevant" applications.

We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.

Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?

Australians were very practical, Emily had found. They did things quickly and purposefully and to the absolute minimum standard required. It was refreshing and guenuine but sometimes led to situations like building a town around a hole.