Practicality Quotes

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory" "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road." "Be more loyal to reality than to feeling. Keep it real." "We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works." "The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic—the man who actually does the work even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done." "Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied" "It is not enough to possess wisdom; it should be used." "Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of, education" "Be a practitioner, not a theorist." "Practical optimism and patience will get you a long way." "Knowledge is not for knowing: knowledge is for cutting" "The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket." "Common sense ain't common." "Some people see things that are and ask, why. Some people dream of things that never were and ask, why not. Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that" "Never have more children than you have car windows." "Great is truth but still greater from a practical point of view is silence about truth" "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" "Dream in a pragmatic way" "Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." "Make your plans to fit the circumstances "