#practical

The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#civilised #even #great #importance #matter

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#funny #nobody #practically #say #something

Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean, at least he says that in his interviews, like they're not using traditionally Hollywood lights. In 'Elephant' we basically used no lights; we never really adjusted. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#basically #big #big influence #clockwork #elephant

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. ↗

— George Santayana

#desired #efforts #end #never #people

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#beyond #created #death #delivery #devastated

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. ↗

— Hu Shih

#atheists #china #even #leaders #openly

On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience. ↗

— David Simon

#achieving #audience #go #gone #i

Jean's whole job is to protect Victoria. Jean is a very practical, very orderly, very disciplined person; she is the personality called the gatekeeper. ↗

— Erika Slezak

#disciplined #jean #job #orderly #person