#practical

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#ends #game #litigation #practical #pursuit

I was amazed at the house that I grew up in; it looks practically identical to the way it was, but I couldn't recognize it because of the size of the trees. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#because #grew #house #i #identical

Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#convincing #credible #nation #obama #plan

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#access #because #digital #director #disk

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#back #i #pat #practical #purpose

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#change #changes #economic #economic change #heart

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small. ↗

— William Langewiesche

#became #how #mastery #means #practical

When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#expensive #film #least #most #our time

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

Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect. ↗

— Patrick MacGill

#ailments #attention #battalion #claim #come