I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.
pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.
The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.
I'm not sure if President Obama is an ideologue or a pragmatist. I am hoping and praying he's a pragmatist.
Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not always appeal to us.
I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.
Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.
A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality.
I think it's a misreading of Dostoevsky to think of him as a programmatic theist. He's actually much closer to someone like William James. He's actually a pragmatist.