Inspiring Pragmatism Quotes & Sayings

Always be a little unexpected. — Oscar Wilde

While war for love is inspiring in legends and epic poems, we must be governed by cynical pragmatism. — James L. Cambias

The real, raw, driven-to-tears type scenes have always scared me since I was very young working as an actor. And to this very day, I get tremendously neurotic making sure nothing is forced or fake. — Rick Hoffman

I've been told a time or two that I spiral.
Zero to sixty in the blink of an eye.
One second, I'm perfectly fine, laughing, smiling. The next, I've got my hands around someone's throat, choking the life out of them.
There's probably a name for whatever's wrong with me, but I've got no interest in a diagnosis. I don't need treatment. Until people stop being ignorant, I'm going to keep on getting pissed. No little mood-stabilizing pill can stop that from happening.
But still, sometimes, I can feel it. I feel myself spiraling hard, and falling far, making mountains out of molehills that even I struggle to climb.
And today? I'm feeling it.
My hands shake.
I can hardly see straight. — J.M. Darhower

He was an ancient, powerful and knowledgeable beyond the boundaries of Earth. He was the one his own kind spoke of in whispers, with awe, with fear, with dread. The Dark One. — Christine Feehan

I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing. — Raina Telgemeier

There is time for everything. — Thomas A. Edison

I didn't need to be the most exciting, beautiful, beloved girl in the world. I just needed not to be me anymore. — Leila Sales

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse. — Mason Cooley

My hair is naturally blonde... Just for the record. ~ Jace — Cassandra Clare

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

the adaptive nature of our brain inevitably follows that we, and only we can decide which part of our mind to cultivate, and which part to leave withering and decaying. — Yamada Takumi

There are very few intellectual elites and those who think they are, are merely not and those who are not shows us the intellectual power of human mind. — Santosh Kalwar

What is it with all these Iron Kings wanting to marry me? — Julie Kagawa