Quotes about practice
practice games adults
As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint. Jean Piaget
practice civilized-nations moral
Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations. Jerrold Nadler
practice fruit needs
I still need practice in enjoying the fruits of success. Neil Diamond
practice roles currency
Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency. John W. Snow
practice giving temptation
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations we should never understand anything thereof; no, not although we diligently read and heard the same. Martin Luther
practice divinity use
Divinity consists in use and practice, not in speculation.
practice carnegie get-away
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. How do you get away from it? Improvise. Mark Steyn
practice things-in-life might
To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction. Michael Pollan
practice world okinawa
Okinawa, one of the longest-lived and healthiest populations in the world, practice a principle they call hara hachi bu: Eat until you are 80 percent full.
practice soup littles
The practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment. Sheri S. Tepper
practice impossible-things possible-and-impossible
A symptom of the revolution: When we state something is impossible in theory, but then change our minds when we discover that it is possible in practice. Seth Godin
practice habit
The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
practice hell be-good
I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do. Ray Charles
practice problem insight
Come on. I don't have any problem violating my own insights in practice. Slavoj Zizek
practice political use
Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use political practice as an intensifier of thought, and analysis as a multiplier of the forms and domains for the intervention of political action. Michel Foucault
practice soul aberration
Homosexuality appeared as one of the forms of sexuality when it was transposed from the practice of sodomy into a kind of interior androgyny, a hermaphroditism of the soul. The sodomite had been a temporary aberration; the homosexual was now a species.
practice use creation
The practice of S/M is the creation of pleasure.... And that's why S/M is really a subculture. It's a process of invention. S/M isthe use of a strategic relationship as a source of pleasure.
practice matter kind
A critique is not a matter of saying that things are not right as they are. It is a matter of pointing out on what kinds of assumptions, what kinds of familiar, unchallenged, unconsidered modes of thought the practices that we accept rest.
practice theory theory-of-knowledge
[Knowledge is governed not by] a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice.
practice people doctrine
the truths of Christianity are constant, unchanging, and meant for all people, times, and places. But the methods by which truth is articulated and practiced must be culturally appropriated, and therefore constantly translated ...if doctrine is constant and practice is constantly changing, the result is living orthodoxy. Mark Driscoll
practice honor church
One day of good preaching is no match for six days of inconsistent practice. God will never honor His church with complete success until it completely honors Him. Theodore L. Cuyler
practice doubt ongoing
While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice. Theodore Bikel
practice kind solemnity
All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity. Theaster Gates
practice race individuality
Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race. Margaret Sanger
practice pounds limits
In practice in 2007 I had a limit that probably would've weighed almost 30 pounds. Kevin VanDam
practice class track
This is my new hobby. I watch my life depart minute by minute. I anticipate the end of everything and anything -- a conversation, a class, track practice, darkness -- only to be left with more clock-watching to take its place. I'm continually waiting for something better that never comes. Maybe it would help if I knew what I wanted. Megan McCafferty
practice vain
Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice. Matthew Henry
practice important virtue
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it, you can practice no other. Maya Angelou
practice use higher
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. Matthew Arnold
practice acorns virtue
Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.
practice important be-kind
I am convinced that courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently. You can be kind for a while; you can be generous for a while; you can be just for a while, or merciful for a while, even loving for a while. But it is only with courage that you can be persistently and insistently kind and generous and fair.
practice violin able
One cannot inherit a talent for the violin - there are no violins in nature. Instead, one must be motivated, able to benefit from practice, and persevering. Marilyn vos Savant
practice worthwhile-things bored
The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age. Pablo Casals