Quotes about practice
practice ideas order
A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice. Wilhelm Keitel
practice birth-control moral
Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals. Walter Lippmann
practice anxiety simplicity
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.
practice faces kind
It is the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism, but one should not suggest that the whole of British industry consists of practices of this kind. William Randolph Hearst
practice liberty theory
Gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice. William Lloyd Garrison
practice two tasks
Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the world, where slaves have been educated for freedom by their task-masters? William Lloyd Garrison
practice development fields
Revolutionary practice in any field of human existence develops by itself if one comprehends the contradictions in every new process; it consists in siding with those forces which act in the direction of progressive development. Wilhelm Reich
practice falsehood
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice. Walter Savage Landor
practice discipline intuition
If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there's room to hear more subtle things - that's when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. It's a discipline; you have to practice it. Walter Isaacson
practice ideas riding
I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less. William John Wills
practice theory should
In theory, practice should work like theory. In practice, it doesn't. Yogi Berra
practice would-be revolution
Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words. William S. Burroughs
practice temptation mind
Until we are renewed in the spirit of our mind and illumined in every part, our very virtues are but taught practices grafted upon a corrupt bottom William Law
practice magic young
Magic has always been of a great interest of mine. I was an amateur magician when I was young. I used to practice and read up on it a lot. I'm well-aware of the history of magic. Woody Allen
practice retiring
Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn't take any practice. Will Harvey
practice sometimes duty
In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out. Samuel Butler
practice trying nasa
Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same. Sally Ride
practice justice politics
The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation. Empirical politics must be kept in bounds by democratic institutions, which leave it up to the subjects of the experiment to say whether it shall be tried, and to stop it if they dislike it, because, in politics, there is a distinction, unknown to science, between Truth and Justice. W. H. Auden
practice separation theory
Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation. W. H. Auden
practice play
When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice. Tyson Chandler
practice perfect practice-makes-perfect
Perfect practice makes perfect. Twyla Tharp
practice theory-of-evolution agriculture
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature. Trofim Lysenko
practice water needs
The immediate need for education and practice in using our natural resources of soil, forest, water, wildlife and areas of inspirational beauty to the best advantage of all, for this generation and others to come, is again apparent to every observant citizen. Walt Disney
practice medicine lessons
The state of healthcare today is that we are busy in the practice of medicine vs. being in the science of medicine. Vinod Khosla
practice schedules mood
My practice schedule is not constant and changes a lot and depends on my moods also. Viswanathan Anand
practice democracy socialism
As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the basis of socialism. Rose Wilder Lane
practice faults born
A great hitter isn't born, he's made. He's made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence. Rogers Hornsby
practice challenges impermanence
Our lives are ruled by impermanence. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. Soka Gakkai Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. William Hazlitt
practice
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. William Hazlitt
practice two littles
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. Wendell Pierce
practice let-it-go matter
Any religion has to have a practice. When you let it go so far from practice that it just becomes a matter of talk something bad happens. Wendell Berry
practice ideas two
The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice of vocation that sanctity and reverence enter into the human economy. It was thus possible for traditional cultures to conceive that "to work is to pray." (pg. 258, The Idea of a Local Economy) Wendell Berry
practice track foxes
Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection. Wendell Berry