A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. — Arthur Symons Copy Share Image
“It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light” — Hedley Bull Copy Share Image
I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
I don't think I've ever been just like, happy with life. I live life as a realist. — Too Short Copy Share Image
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out. — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
“I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in… — Crystal Woods Copy Share Image
There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
A mystic is a spiritual realist, a person for whom the Invisible is a matter of more or less firsthand experience. — Frances Parkinson Keyes Copy Share Image
I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
“Your strength will be found when you stop struggling with yourself, instead of thinking everyone is a struggle worth overcoming. Every obstacle… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Someone once asked me whether I am an idealist or a dreamer. I'm neither. I consider myself an optimistic realist. I see… — Kate Miller Copy Share Image
On the left is the realist tradition of the 19th century, with its impulse to social description, radical criticism and meditation on… — Gustave Courbet Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Ideas are so much flat psychological surface unless some mirrored matter gives them cognitive lustre. This is why as a pragmatistI have… — William James Copy Share Image
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“A realist writer might break his protagonist's leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and… — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
