“The intellectual's ... playfulness, in its various manifestations, is likely to seem to most men a perverse luxury; in the United States the play of the mind is perhaps the only form of play that is not looked upon with the most tender indulgence. His piety is likely to seem nettlesome, if not actually dangerous. And neither quality is considered to contribute very much to the practical business of life.” IfsMenMindStatesPlaySeemsFormUnitedQualityUnited StatesDangerousIntellectualVariousPracticalsLuxuryManifestationIndulgencePietyPlayfulness Author:Richard Hofstadter
“We didn't have practical model rockets in the '50s. The ones we made were very dangerous and the kids that played with them didn't have all their fingers, and sometimes were blind in one eye.” MadeSometimesEyeKidsDangerousModelsBlindFingersPracticalsRockets Author:Burt Rutan
“There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.” NeedsPurposePoliticsSeaDangerousOceanWavePracticalsIndividualism Book:Method and Results: Essays Source: Method and Results: Essays
“I am convinced that there is little force left in the Marxist stimulus to revolution. Its impetus is petering out as the practical failures of the doctrine become more obvious...What is left is a technique of subversion and a collection of catch-phrases. The former is still dangerous. Like terrorism, it is a menace that needs to be fought whenever it occurs.” NeedsLittlesStillsLeftForceDangerousRevolutionObviousTerrorismConvincedTechniquePracticalsDoctrineFormerPhrasesCollectionsStimulusMenaceMarxistImpetusSubversion Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Mixed Martial Arts is wonderful to watch, it is very practical but dangerous at the same time. You have to be very careful when doing something like that.” ArtWatchesWonderfulDangerousArt IsCarefulPracticalsMartial ArtsMixed Martial Arts Author:Akshay Kumar