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I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity. — I.M. Pei

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. — Michael Graves

Bill Clinton is a classic, old-school Southern pragmatic Democrat. — Monica Crowley

You've got to look at the pragmatic choice you have at each moment. If you start to look at the pragmatic choice, a different possibility can show up. — Gary M. Douglas

A pragmatic person sees the dark and the light side of life, while an
idealist sees a life filled with colors. — Eraldo Banovac

The difficulty with pragmatic arguments for a religion is that truths do not always "work", and beliefs that "work" are by no means always true. — John Warwick Montgomery

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft. — Kevin Barry

The locals were pragmatic about their animals in a way the city people found callous. — Anna Quindlen

Why, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don't we begin to ask ourselves seriously: Where does our real future lie? — Sogyal Rinpoche

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth. — Billy Corgan

Eleanor Marx was a pragmatic person of actions and deeds and she was an organizer. — Rachel Holmes

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery. — Bryant McGill

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

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions. — Colin Wilson

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff. — Ben Barnes

How could a man become a god?" Nell asked. "By living in an extremely pragmatic society," said Constable Moore after some thought — Neal Stephenson

All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic. — Richard John Neuhaus

Patrick sort of had a very pragmatic, practical, Ed-like approach and went down to see. — Vera Farmiga

I'm generally a very pragmatic person: that which works, works. — Linus Torvalds

An overly pragmatic attitude is not productive on the long run. — Carlo Rovelli

do you tell if someone is immortal?" she whispered. "You kill them, and see if they get up again," he answered, always pragmatic. — A.W. Exley

My mother was pragmatic, focused and extremely, exceedingly practical, and she was the ultimate self-determining person. — Ursula Burns

I'm not the kind of guy to talk about angels: I'm a very pragmatic kind of guy. — Chris Isaak

I think you are born, and I think you die. I have a pragmatic nature, but I yearn to believe. — Sebastian Horsley

I am a very pragmatic person. — Gloria Swanson

Americans are pragmatic, relatively uncomplicated, hearty and given to broad humor. — Herb Caen

When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism. — Joan Halifax

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate. — Deval Patrick

My father has a pragmatic mind. He marched with Dr. King in the '60s, and he's very much for women's rights. — Tori Amos

Book should be pragmatic and meaningful that adds value to your life — Sabita Mishra

Every true heart needed a pragmatic counterweight, and every cynic an idealist to lift his spirits. — Neal Stephenson

Bring real and practical life experience to the people — Sunday Adelaja

In my experience of women, women have a greater capacity. Maybe women, even very pragmatic ones, are less guarded about showing emotions. — David Bezmozgis

Live your life as a practical example to others — Sunday Adelaja

My parents were farmers' kids from South Dakota. My dad was an engineer. I wanted to be responsible and major in something pragmatic. — Ron Carlson

Both were military. That was clear.Reacher could tell by their haircuts. No civilian barber would be as pragmatic or as brutal. — Lee Child

The reason why we're strippers, is invariably more boring, more grounded in nonexistential needs like money - and pragmatic concerns, like money. — Ruth Fowler

An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms. — Adam Michnik

I'm very pragmatic. — Andrea Riseborough

I'm afraid I don't have a very pragmatic or unromantic view of props. I don't imbue them with any great sense of mystery or anything. — Martin Freeman

Nations, like people, are often more pragmatic than they know or can explain. — Barbara W. Tuchman

I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values. — Xavier Becerra

I'm a pragmatic man. I'll veer on the dangerous side, because I love dangerous subjects, but I won't shoot a show in the foot. — Harold Prince

But principles defended at the expense of pragmatic application is the business of priests. — Kathleen Parker

I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself. — Zig Ziglar

Indeed, it may be suggested that 'traditions' and pragmatic conventions or routines are inversely related. — Eric Hobsbawm

I'm a pragmatic fucker when I start to get my head cleared out, even while the shit is flying. Whatever — Bobby Adair

Just drive down that road until you get blown up. — George S. Patton Jr.

Before the rise of Deism, Calvin condemned the pragmatic deism which relegated God to heaven and left the government of the world to men. — Rousas John Rushdoony

I have a pragmatic suspicion that bashing someone's head in with a golf club is frowned upon in this establishment... — J.C. Wickhart

Dream in a pragmatic way. — Aldous Huxley

The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God from a purely scientific perspective. — John Clayton

Well, we'll know better next time. — Tom Stoppard

Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism. — Richard M. Nixon

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. — Ha-Joon Chang

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

For me, dreaming is simply being pragmatic. — Shimon Peres

Change is always a question; they that find good and pragmatic answers to it cause true change that make real impact — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist. — Jacqueline Novogratz

Knowing yourself, knowing where you want to get, combining those things gives you the pragmatic steps. — John Amaechi

I'm pragmatic. I like efficiency. I want to read what's in front of me and not have my hands tied. — Susan Brooks

Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic. — Idries Shah

Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person. — Ken Livingstone

My pragmatic nature, my impatience, will most likely have me drunk on aged spirit by noon. — S.A. Tawks

I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it. — David Wenham

I'll make you mine, lovers said in old books. They never said, I'll make you me. — Margaret Atwood

An idealistic lover is a blind lover, and therefore a true lover; a pragmatic lover is a sighted lover, and therefore a false lover. — Kedar Joshi

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism. — Henry A. Kissinger

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic. — Roman Abramovich

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent. — Robert Winston

I'm pragmatic. If I were cruel, I'd give him an eulogy instead of a conversation. — Leigh Bardugo

For the sorry truth is that in this most pragmatic land, the purist is generally his own worst enemy. — Harry Stein

My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman. — Tamsin Egerton

Progress must not become progressivism, where success is measured only by achieving pragmatic results. — Mal Fletcher

Nanny Ogg had a pragmatic attitude to the truth; she told it if it was convenient and she couldn't be bothered to make up something more interesting. — Terry Pratchett