35 Movie Quotes about Practicality (+ Sound Clips) - page 4

Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Memorable quotes about practicality, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

31 It was this constant conversion of my fanciful ambition into these practical, moneymaking ventures.

Ethan Hawke as Jesse in Before Sunrise

32 A very lovely thought... but not at all practical.

Richard Percy Jones as Pinocchio in Pinocchio (1939)

33 Oh, that's all very deep dish and high fallutin, but far from practical.

Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

34 It is practical. It's the most practical idea you ever had!

Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

35 What point of view do you suggest? -A woman's. -I find that highly impractical.

Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean in Ocean's 11 (1960)