--- title: "1 Realism Means Quotes By Susan Neiman" description: "1 Realism Means quotes by Susan Neiman. Plus more from Susan Neiman and more Realism Means sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/susan-neiman-16864_george-w_sometimes-realism-seems-to-mean-no-more_110195.jpg" --- > [“Sometimes realism seems to mean no more than the advice to plan ahead before you start a war. Sometimes realism means the recognition that the world cannot be divided as neatly into good and evil as George W. Bush's more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/sometimes-realism-seems-to-mean-no-more-than-the-advice-to-plan-ahead/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/susan-neiman-16864_george-w_sometimes-realism-seems-to-mean-no-more_110195.jpg) ## More by Susan Neiman > [“Sometimes realism seems to mean no more than the advice to plan ahead before you start a war. Sometimes realism means the recognition that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/sometimes-realism-seems-to-mean-no-more-than-the-advice-to-plan-ahead/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“Ordinary goodness is fraught with veins of vanity and self-interest and above all with pleasure--because goodness makes you feel more alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/ordinary-goodness-is-fraught-with-veins-of-vanity-and-self-interest/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/one-great-function-of-the-arts-is-to-keep-ideals-alive-in-a-culture/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“The dangers of sophistry and scholasticism are present in the possibility of philosophy itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/the-dangers-of-sophistry-and-scholasticism-are-present-in-the/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/in-the-most-general-terms-the-enlightenment-goes-back-to-plato-s/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“The claim that there is no alternative but perdition to a worldview that shows how everything fits together and makes perfect sense is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/the-claim-that-there-is-no-alternative-but-perdition-to-a-worldview/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“When education is overwhelmed by hypermedia, travel facile or ruinous, and work a blurred mixture of more dependence and less meaning, it’s harder than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/when-education-is-overwhelmed-by-hypermedia-travel-facile-or-ruinous/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“Vitality is not the denial of mortality, but the grown-up way of facing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/vitality-is-not-the-denial-of-mortality-but-the-grown-up-way-of/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“Negotiating small differences is part of being a grownup; no one can tell you in advance where to put your foot down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/negotiating-small-differences-is-part-of-being-a-grownup-no-one-can/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“how can human beings behave in ways that so thoroughly violate both reasonable and rational norms?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/how-can-human-beings-behave-in-ways-that-so-thoroughly-violate-both/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“It’s a matter of logical structure: what is, just is, and any claim about what ought to be is a claim about our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/it-s-a-matter-of-logical-structure-what-is-just-is-and-any-claim/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it's a preference for consolation over truth. Disney's version of reality is not just cleaned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/kitsch-is-much-more-than-a-question-of-style-it-s-a-preference-for/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“What drives pure reason to efforts that seem to have neither end nor result?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-neiman/what-drives-pure-reason-to-efforts-that-seem-to-have-neither-end-nor/) [Susan Neiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-neiman/) > [“What we rarely see receive is a picture of adulthood that represents it as the ideal it should be. (...) 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