When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental — far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns.
To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Start where you are, use what you have.
… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Manuals have their uses ... but they are not to be confused with living.
It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.
Done is better than perfect.
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
Politics is the art of the possible.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.
There is nothing so practical as a good theory.
It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.
Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable.
Do nothing which is of no use.
Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory
Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer - that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
A farmer's horse is never lame, never unfit to go. Never throws out curbs, never breaks down before or behind. Like his master he is never showy. He does not paw and prance, and arch his neck, and bid the world admire his beauties...and when he is wanted, he can always do his work.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
Probably looking at a piece of paper and all the features of a minivan, the minivan is probably the best car in the world.
