The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Prince Philip prides himself on being a realist. He knows he is not going to live for ever. — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated… — Theodor Herzl Copy Share Image
He was a romantic in his own harsh way…yet he was also realist enough to know that some times love actually did… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
A state department official once told me this about the role of the president. He said: "We wage war for realist reasons,… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Genre fiction was looked at as a ghetto, but I wonder now if realist fiction, sealing itself off in the glum suburbs… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The pessimist sees only the tunnel; the optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel; the realist sees the tunnel… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
“Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.” — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live.… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
The reclusive man who marries the gregarious woman, the timid woman who marries the courageous man, the idealist who marries the realist… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“But he could not help it. No one can help it. One is a realist. One has put up with it all… — Halldor Laxness Copy Share Image
For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal… — Philip Pearlstein Copy Share Image
“The present realist bases his work upon types. Miss Bronte took the individual individually; we now take the mass representatively. Who would… — Henry Bonnell Copy Share Image
Philosophers often think all scientists must be scientific realists. If you ask a simple question like "Are electrons real?" the answer will… — Bas van Fraassen 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
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society. — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a… — Ava DuVernay 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 is something immoral about abandoning your common sense in matters of social importance.” — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
I'm a confident person in knowing my abilities, but also know, I'm kind of a realist, I know when I suck. — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
Even though I'm a realist, I try to let the medium show and allow it a certain degree of freedom. — William C. Wright Copy Share Image
