Practical Quotes - page 8

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing. (Annie Leibovitz)
I have a wife, a son, and I've had some practical life experience. View quote
Alex Meraz
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. View quote
Alexander John Ellis
I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail. View quote
Alma Guillermoprieto
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. View quote
Andy Summers
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. View quote
Arne Jacobsen
I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity. View quote
Arthur Cohn
Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it. View quote
B. D. Wong
Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action. View quote
Ben Rattray
I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work. View quote
Colin Mochrie
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions. (Carole Bouquet)
While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking action to meet the energy needs of the American people. View quote
Dave Reichert
Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. View quote
Edward H. Levi
Law builds upon and, I should like to claim, is one of the liberal arts. It uses words of persuasion and changing definitions for practical ends. View quote
Edward H. Levi
My parents are wonderful, practical, sensible people, and the expectation was that I would study something academic. View quote
Gemma Chan
Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits. View quote
Haldan Keffer Hartline
I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living. View quote
Harry Nilsson
I was in California the first time I heard Michael Jackson wanted to record with me. I was, like, 'Nah, no way, he's too big, it can't be true.' Then I got a call from Michael's people at my hotel telling me he was interested. But I still wasn't believing it - I thought they were setting me up for a TV practical jokes show. View quote
Heavy D
In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons. View quote
James MacGregor Burns
When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism. (Joan Halifax)
I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. View quote
John Frankenheimer
People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do. View quote
John Guare
I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use. View quote
Jackson Rathbone
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. View quote
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