#practical

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#america #i #including #latin #latin america

Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#ever #experiment #may #most #practical

There he is, in the fading light, certain of what he wants, certain of her. If Gillian were speaking to her sister, or more correctly, if Sally were speaking to her, Gillian would draw her over to the window to get a look. Isn't he beautiful? That's what she would have said if she and Sally had been talking. I wish I deserved him, she would have whispered into her sister's ear. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#beauty

I've always mistrusted that sort o' learning as leaves folks foolish and unreasonable about business. ↗

— George Eliot

#practicality #business

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. ↗

— John Guare

#beautiful paintings #cost #go #how #human

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. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#aesthetic #almost #always #architecture #aspect

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic. ↗

— Charles Sanders Peirce

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We must also win really sufficient and, above all, practical, guarantees for the freedom of the seas and for the further fulfilment of our economic and political tasks throughout the world. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#also #economic #freedom #fulfilment #further

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

— Samael Aun Weor

#science

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#practicality #proverbs #wise