Hugh Kingsmill Quotes

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

An idea is worthless unless you use it.

The value of a good idea is in using it.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

On Pragmatism: It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

Ideas are useless unless used.

I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.

Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo.

There's a scripture in the Book of James which says, 'Become a doer of the word and not a hearer only.' A hearer is someone who looks into a mirror, walks away, and quickly forgets what sort of person he is.

Do more than believe: practice.

An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.

Nothing bears out in practice what it promises incipiently.

Words without experience are meaningless.