(30 quotes found)
“Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.”
Daniel Bell
“This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,”
Christine Lagarde
“I am not sure that the ECB has been anything but pragmatic in the last five years. It is heading for its sixth year of inflation above its 2 percent ceiling and had not tightened credit for five years. If this is monetary orthodoxy, I would be interested to see what the new ECB pragmatism looks like.”
Ian Stewart
“While Americans generally support the goal of promoting democracy, they take the pragmatic approach of not making it a top priority in all cases.”
Christopher Whitney
“We're being pragmatic. We want it to be open, but if the decision is made to close it and create a new aquatic center, we want to make sure it has the ability for lap swimming and other activities.”
Chuck Goodman
“We have been taking an active and pragmatic way to promote mutual tourism exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, and have made full preparations for the mainland citizens to visit Taiwan.”
Dai Xiaofeng
“Manuel has brought stability, he has bought long term predictability, he has brought pragmatism to the whole field of the budget and the economy.”
Chris Hart
“The policy is 100 per cent pragmatism, based on Russia's national interest.”
Yevgeny Satanovsky
“It was a surprise. CRM is a mature industry; the people in it are pragmatic, so there shouldn't be a lot of surprises.”
William Band
“He was a very pragmatic leader, and he was very successful in provincial level market reforms in the early years.”
Tang Wenfang
