Pragmatism Quotes

Pragmatism Quote of the day

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.

But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy.

An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric.

Witta feared nothing - except to be poor.

I am growing old enough not to care much for the MANNER of doing things.

John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

Every positive attempt was as a result of encouragement, every encouragement leads to success.

To be a saint or a man of too good a nature in today's pragmatic world, with everyone out to get the other fellow, was equivalent to being a fool, wasn't it?

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

Cine a ucis stelele? Cine a surpat drumul spre viitor al celor din morminte?

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. (...) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all.

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.

The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.

Now even reformers needed political machines.

We make versions, and true versions make worlds.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared.

We can start all the organic farms we want, but we can't stop congress from declaring pizza sauce a vegetable.

The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously.

Do you know what I think?" Marcone said."You think we should shoot Nicodemus in the back at the first opportunity and let Michael dismember him.""Yes."I drew my gun. "Okay.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

It is OK to say 'no'.It is OK to say 'I will think about it'.It is OK to say 'I will try'.It is NOT OK to make promises you cannot keep.

Peace is the opposite of dreaming. It’s built slowly and surely through brutal compromises and tiny victories that you don’t even see. It’s a messy business, bringing peace into the world.

You'll never grab the wonderful with your feet on the ground.

Push the needle into some middle range of guarded optimism.

In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.

The actor passed him his cigarette case. "No, you must tell us all about it. One should always be reminded of the fact that even in this best of worlds the blood still flows freely.""The Dead Jew

Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut at night?

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

The result always mattered more than the rhetoric.

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.