Practicality Quotes

• all the time something within her was crying for a decision. She wanted her life shaped now, immediately — and the decision must be made by some force — of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality — that was close at hand

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Hands, Decision, Cry

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2013). “The Great Gatsby”, p.117, Atlântico Press

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• I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Ass, Carrie

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.300

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• There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from.

  David Whyte

  Fierce, Lyrical, Aspect

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• It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.

  Stephen Bayley

  Shoes, Insecurity, Mechanic

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• I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Tragedy, Barns

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1963). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.138, Harvard University Press

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• A business woman needs a successful mix of design and practicality.

  Donatella Versace

  Successful, Design, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Common sense is not so common.

  Voltaire

  Life, Wisdom, Witty

  Dictionnaire Philosophique "Common Sense" (1765)

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• Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Leadership, Money, Business

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.251, Printed for H. Colborn

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• So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

  Jim Carrey

  Graduation, Path, Commencement

  Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.mum.edu. May 24, 2014.

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• Follow your own particular dreams. We are handed a life by peers, parents and society, you can do that or follow your own dreams. Life is short, be a dreamer but be a practical person.

  Hugh Hefner

  Life, Motivational, Dream

  FaceBook post by Hugh M. Hefner from Apr 28, 2014

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• If you beat your head against the wall, it is your head that breaks and not the wall.

  Antonio Gramsci

  Wall, Break, Beats

  Antonio Gramsci (1968). “The modern prince: and other writings”

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• And what of my extended family-birds, beasts, and reptiles? They too have drowned. Every single thing I value in life has been destroyed. And I am allowed no explanation? I am to suffer hell without any account from heaven? In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker? Is it no more than to shine at practicalities-the getting of food, clothing and shelter? Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch? (pg. 98)

  Yann Martel

  Giving, Shining, Bird

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.108, Vintage Canada

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• There is nothing so practical as a good theory.

  Kurt Lewin

  Theory, Practicals

  Kurt Lewin (1951). “Field Theory in Social Science: Selected Theoretical Papers”, New York : Harper

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• He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Two, Done, Pay

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

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• Sometimes I wonder if the semi-conscious agenda of the media is to get between people and their souls. It is the the soul with its myriad tiny nerve endings that notices the neglected pathos, poignancy and practicality that lies at the heart of life. It's as if the media are somehow irritated and envious that anonymous people should have the quiet brilliance of their rich and sustainable inner lives.

  Michael Leunig

  Lying, Heart, Media

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• Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences.

  Jane Roberts

  Ideas, Judging, Focus

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• I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.

  Alan Cranston

  Thinking, People, Political

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• Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.

  Kenneth Lee Pike

  Yesterday, Today, Accepted

  Kenneth Lee Pike (1982). “Linguistic Concepts: An Introduction to Tagmemics”

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• Even though I'm a hype man myself, I like the practicality of it all. People who understand how to turn a profit. At the end of the day, this is still business so I'm looking for real practical knowledge of how to actually make money, not necessarily raise it.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Real, Men, Hype

  "Why Do We All Praise Startups When They Receive Funding?" by Alyson Shontell, www.businessinsider.com. October 19, 201.

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• 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.

  Ben Wheatley

  Moving, Cost, Stuff

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• I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

  Francisco Costa

  Fashion, Average, Littles

  "When Francisco Met Bianca". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. October 18, 2011.

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• When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. To deal with our problems, we need to be practical and realistic. If we are to be realistic, we need to use our human intelligence properly, which means we need a calm mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Block, Mean, Reality

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• There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Men, Littles, Little Things

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1989). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: Her Acclaimed Columns, 1936-1945”

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• Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

  Warren Buffett

  Easter, Eggs, Investment Success

  Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.13, Carolina Academic Press

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• All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Art, Mean, Awful

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

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