"Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10."

Pragmatism, Survival, Conflict, Humor

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"Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10."

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"High towers, and metaphysically-great men resembling them, round both of which there is commonly much wind, are not for me. My place is the fruitful bathos, the bottom-land, of experience; and the word transcendental, does not signify something passing beyond all experience, but something that indeed precedes it a priori, but that is intended simply to make cognition of experience possible."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Pragmatism, Experience, Reality, Humility

"You're just a huge romantic at heart, aren't you?""If there's cash involved, I'm anything you want me to be."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Pragmatism, Money, Identity, Irony

"Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood."

Dick Morris, American Author

Pragmatism, America, Idealism, Interest, Lies

"I've found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind."

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Pragmatism, Realism, Humor, Observation

"A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths."

Faraaz Kazi, Indian Author

Pragmatism, Lies, Truth, Focus, Ethics

"Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn't really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she didn't like, chopping him to tiny pieces wouldn't exactly help me get into the school."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Pragmatism, Violence, Philosophy, Humor, Contrast

"I used my history degree about twice a year whether I needed to or not."

Patricia Briggs, American Author

Pragmatism, Education, Irony, Career, Humor

"Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Pragmatism, Humor, Perspective, Absurdity, Realism

"Spirituality cannot be an excuse for not making money!!! Just a justification for failure!"

Harrish Sairaman, Indian Author

Pragmatism, Money, Spiritual, Responsibility, Reality

"Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood."

Honesty

"When men age they're called sophisticated. When women age they ain't called at all."

Aging

"Jealousy. It's a terrible thing. Unless it's someone else's."

Envy

"In my experience, "what the hell" is generally the most interesting decision."

Risk

"Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt."

Intelligence

"You guys gotta get a license to drive a Geo, but any doofus with a few good swimmers can be a father."

Parenting

"I don't need no PMS. I can bitch under my own steam."

Humor

"Generally, men are superior in the areas of heavy lifting, where there's a past only by pachyderms and building cranes. Beyond that, I believe any right-thinking thinking will see that women have the indisputable advantage."

Equality

"The theory of relativity doesn't amount to a hill of beans when there's a bonfire in your shorts."

Perspective

"Marriage is like a toothbrush. It starts out smooth and gets kind of prickly towards the end."

Marriage