Top 1200 Practical Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Be creative, be useful, be practical, be generous and finish big

I'm just interested in women's friendships generally. It always seems to me, and this is just my pet theory, that women are kind of at the sharp end of capitalism one way or another. Mainly because they buy everything. In a practical sense, women buy most things. They're always comparing - to friends, to famous people, to other people. An obsessive act of comparison.

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

The question of whether a device will come into being depends upon three things: first, whether there is a practical use for it that warrants its development and manufacturing costs; second, whether the laws of physics applying to the elements available for its design allow the attainment of the needed ranges, sensitivities, or the like; and third, whether the pertinent art of manufacture has advanced sufficiently to allow a useful embodiment to be built successfully.

I'm a big believer in practical and location photography.

I perceive Sci-Hub as a practical side of my research.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women

In Dogen's writing, the practical instruction, philosophy and poetry are together in one voice. People hear about his poetry, go to his work, and expect to find poetry, or they hear about his philosophy and expect to find philosophy. They look just for practical instruction and find poetry and philosophy. They can't make out the complexity of his writing, become frustrated and let him go.

Hopefully, Donald Trump's a very practical man.

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

I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.

I really took it in-house. The Constantine character has a kind of flesh-and-blood practical look at things that would seem, other people would use the word, occult or spiritual. But here, demons are real. So for me it was more taking it from the film itself. I didn't really need to go outside the piece itself to inform me because the perspective on it, what the character does, was provided by the script.

I am very down to earth and practical.

There is nothing more practical than a good theory.

There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.

My husband himself is a producer, so we know the practical difficulties of producers.

Centenarians tend to be assertive, suspicious, and practical.

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.

I find when you talk with the Chinese on most subjects, they are very practical.

The most practical solution is a good theory.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

There can't be a practical reason for believing something that is not true.

We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic.

My desire, my passion, was to help moms with practical encouragement.

If the vast and the spiritual are omitted, so are the practical and the moral.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.

I never really was much of a practical jokester or anything.

I've noticed Dracula was often as practical a fellow as he was a nasty one.

Nothing is more practical than a good theory.

Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?

Dream more than others think practical.

Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief.

A dynamic person is one who really makes a difference in the world; who does something that changes things or other people. The magnitude of the work done may not be great, but the world is different because that person has lived and worked. The real secret of a dynamic personality is to believe that God works through you, whatever you may be doing; to put his service first, and to be as sincere, practical, and efficient as you know how.

I never let practical considerations clutter my youthful dreams.

The hour has arrived to abandon theories and go directly to what is practical.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable.

Work is one of the best educators of practical character.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work.

Have a definite, clear, practical ideal - a goal, an objective.

Both Adam and I come from a practical effects background.

I'm a practical person. I'm not too bad a carpenter. I can renovate houses.

Twins are so practical. It's always nice to have a spare.

Proverbs embody the current and practical philosophy of an age or nation.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

Good Will is the mightiest practical force in the universe.

Creativity is the most practical thing a businessman can employ.

When you #? travel , you experience, in a very practical way, the act of #? rebirth .

Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.

We have reached the time when it is morally right to "shoot the bastards", but it is not yet practical to do so.

If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society... It is the education which gives a man a clear, conscious view of their own opinions and judgements, a truth in developing them, an eloquence in expressing them, and a force in urging them. It teaches him to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a skein of thought to detect what is sophistical and to discard what is irrelevant.

If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice.