Pragmatism Quotes

“I just did it. It was a job. I was glad to have the work. There was no glory in it.”

“I don't have any heroes. I admire people who get on with the job and do it.”

“When you've got a killer on your trail, you don't have a lot of time for pity.”

“PHP is about as exciting as your toothbrush. You use it every day, it does the job, it is a simple tool, so what?”

“We should be cutting our losses and trying to get out with a minimum of humiliation.”

“It’s very easy to put Shakespeare on a pedestal... But in fact he was a jobbing playwright who had to get bums on seats. We’re in the same business.”

“One does not make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.”

“This selling of arms is a new business to me, but I think it is a good one under the circumstances.”

“This is a business. You do a show because you think it's going to make money.”

“The real issue is not whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, but whether you're a problem-solver or a problem-creator.”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

“Don't ask 'What's the best language?' Ask 'What's the best tool for the job?'”

“I'll cry at the end of the day, not with fresh makeup.”

“Better a live donkey than a dead lion.”

“Adequacy is sufficient.”

“The first rule of survival is to be somewhere else.”

“I was never a hi-fi enthusiast.”

“I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on.”

“Long experience has taught me not to believe in pure theory. The trump cards are to be found in experiment.”

“The thing is, I'm a very practical person.”