#practical

Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#before #bombed #bombing #cities #civil

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#made #never #practical #until #will

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

I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#chemistry #college #dropped #i #lab

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. ↗

— Arthur Cohn

#chose #classics #experience #i #integrity

That's right, fall in one pit and start over from the beginning! Well, thankfully my buddies practically tied me to my chair until I put in extra lives and I'm glad they did. ↗

— David Crane

#buddies #chair #did #extra #fall

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#actual #afforded #always #beloved #careful

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