Quotes by Pragmatists I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist. Fisher Stevens pragmatists responsibility use A pragmatist is concerned with results, not reality. J. Robert Oppenheimer pragmatists results reality pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm. Jane Fonda pragmatists enthusiasm 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. Mark Kurlansky pragmatists cockroaches doe I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism. Vernon A. Walters pragmatists describe-myself idealism 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. Will Self misreading pragmatists thinking