Pragmatism Quotes

“I don't have any hate. I've got some sense. I'm not going to let anybody who hates me tell me to love him. I'm not that way-out.”

“When there is not enough to eat, people starve to death. It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill.”

“Life is pretty simple:You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.You do more of what works.”

“Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.”

“Its the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease”

“What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.”

“I do not find myself making any use of the word sacrifice.”

“I would write ads for deodorants or labels for catsup bottles if I had to.”

“But if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.”

“There are some things you don’t have to know how it works – only that it works. While some people are studying the roots, others are picking the fruit. It just depends on which end of this you want to get in on." -- Jim Rohn”

“I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.”

“Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year against the evil Bush-Cheney gang, I would happily vote for him.”

“We should have had socialism already, but for the socialists, am quite willing to drop the name if dropping it will help me to get the thing.”

“How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?”

“Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.”

“When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.”

“I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist.”

“I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.”

“I'm only interested in two kinds of people, those who can entertain me and those who can advance my career.”

“It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.”

“Commerce is unexpectedly confident and serene, alert, adventurous, and unwearied. It is very natural in its methods withal, far more so than many fantastic enterprises and sentimental experiments, and hence its singular success.”

“It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.”

“If you can't send money, send tobacco.”

“My brother thinks he's a chicken-We don't talk him out of it because we need the eggs”

“We must consult our means rather than our wishes.”