#practical

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#britain #created #declaration #effecting #equal

Darwin investigated the numerous facts obtained by naturalists in living nature and analysed them through the prism of practical experience. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

#experience #facts #investigated #living #naturalists

We practically own everything in the Philippines. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#own #philippines #practically

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#does #everybody #half #mind #new

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer. ↗

— John McGahern

#catholic #catholic church #christianity #church #class

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#been #easy #effort #experience #find

I'm a traveling practical joker. That's my line of work. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#joker #line #practical #traveling #work

Dresses, I find, are impractical in social situations, but I enjoy wearing them a great deal on stage. ↗

— Brian Molko

#dresses #enjoy #find #great #great deal

Well I was much too practical to presume to have a career in comedy. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#comedy #i #much #practical #presume

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#businessman #economics #electorate #experienced #fortunes