“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.” MenWayMeanStatesReasonLyingChoicesConcernedExcellenceDetermineDeterminedPracticalsRelativeMoral Excellence Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation
“Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind, than as one of the species, by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part of life.” WorldMeanMadeMankindSpeciesSoldierPracticalsSpectatorsStatesmenParts Of LifeMerchantsMeddlingArtisans Author:Joseph Addison
“I'm not in the news business and won't tell people how to do their job. I'd like to restore trust in the news business, though, and feel that restoring fact-checking will really help. News business realities mean that such fact-checking has to be practical, it has to be fast and cheap.” PeopleFeelsMeanFactsHelpingRealityJobsNewsPracticalsRestoring Author:Craig Newmark
“I avoid the carwash when I think it might rain anytime in the near future, which means I drive around the majority of the time in a pollen and bird poop covered car. This presents a stand off between Neat Freakshow and Practical Pennypincher, and Neat Freak usually triumphs. And then it rains.” ThinkingMeanMightCarBirdRainMajorityPracticalsTriumphCoveredFreakNeatPoopPollen Author:Kristin Armstrong