#practical

Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

#correlate #did #dozen #first #first of all

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#because #furniture #growing #growing up #had

Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results. ↗

— Allen Tate

#men #poets #practical #results #their

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

A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#experiences #hands-on #part #practical #provide

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I can do. Another thing—very often I think a lot of writers write because they have failed to do other things. How many writers can’t drive? A lot. They’re not practical. They are not capable in everyday life. ↗

— Ha Jin

#inspirational #practicality #inspirational

The pen is mightier than the sword unless it's a real sword in which case the guy with the pen should run away fast. ↗

— Roger Eschbacher

#practicality-for-intellectuals #swords #writing #humor

The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#among #aware #becomes #cause #causes

In other words, knowledge of the external world begins with an immediate utilisation of things, whereas knowledge of self is stopped by this purely practical and utilitarian contact. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#contact #external #external world #immediate #in other words

As the Republican nominee, it was Romney's job to find a way to speak to some of those groups of voters and offer practical solutions to their difficulties that both resonated with them and sounded plausible to them. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#difficulties #find #groups #job #nominee