Realists know where they're going. Dreamers have already…

There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going and the…

— Robert Orben

Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme.

— Esther Perel

“This is not to say that power and security are the sole or even the most important objectives of mankind; as a species we…

— Robert Gilpin

Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because…

— H. L. Mencken

The realists do not take the photograph for a 'copy' of reality, but for an emanation of past reality, a magic, not an art.

— Roland Barthes

men are not realists - only women are.

— Mae West

What reality was ever made by realists?

— Richard Flanagan

I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these…

— Tzipi Livni

Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions.

— Theodor Herzl

Some who call themselves realists question whether the spread of democracy in the Middle East should be any concern of ours. But the realists…

— George W. Bush

When I was starting out, science fiction was a little genre over there, which only a few people read. But now -- where are…

— Doris Lessing

“I’m a realist,” I replied stubbornly, “not a romantic. Romantics are always disappointed.” “Maybe they’re disappointed because they’re always surrounded by realists.” Simon countered.”

— Amanda Howells

For the first time in American history, men in authority are talking about an 'emergency' without a foreseeable end... such men as these are…

— C. Wright Mills

For what reason then do the realists show themselves so unfriendly toward philosophy? Because they misunderstand their own calling and with all their might…

— Max Stirner

Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

— Seth Godin