Pragmatism Quotes

Pragmatism Quote of the day

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

The hands that help are better far than lips that pray.

There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.

Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.

The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

WIth both trepidation and relief, I abandoned pragmatism in favor of magnetism.

Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy.

I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.

Extremists on the left tend to be just as critical of pragmatism as extremists on the right.

..She had that brand of pragmatism that would find her the first brewing tea after Armageddon.

Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut at night?

We make versions, and true versions make worlds.

Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American freshness and pragmatism with Russian ideas about strategy

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies.

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.

Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.

The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really works.

Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor brought critical qualities to the high court that not everybody thinks are qualities - I happen to think they are - her pragmatism and her state craft.

I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.

When Emily Dickinson writes, “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul,” she reminds us, as the birds do, of the liberation and pragmatism of belief.

ROS: Why don't you go and have a look? GUIL: Pragmatism?! - is that all you have to offer?

Witta feared nothing - except to be poor.

But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy.

Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.

I am growing old enough not to care much for the MANNER of doing things.

An outree explanation, violating all our preconceptions, would never pass for a true account of a novelty. We should scratch round industriously till we found something less excentric.

A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.

Cine a ucis stelele? Cine a surpat drumul spre viitor al celor din morminte?

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

We can start all the organic farms we want, but we can't stop congress from declaring pizza sauce a vegetable.

Now even reformers needed political machines.

Even though he said no store in uncanny things, he was soldier enough to value with whatever weapon came to hand.

When a kingdom rests on it, I always expect difficulty. Then, if there is none, no blame. But if there is, one is prepared.

John Hay on Lincoln: "He always worked with things as they were, while never relinquishing the desire to make them better.

The art of diplomacy is finding a reasonable route among imperfect alternatives.

The trick, he supposed, was never to lose sight of the theoretical possibility while not for a moment taking the idea remotely seriously.

It is OK to say 'no'.It is OK to say 'I will think about it'.It is OK to say 'I will try'.It is NOT OK to make promises you cannot keep.