Realistic Quotes · Page 13

As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.

— Michael Waltrip

My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.

— Bill Parcells

“O man ! Do and Do something otherwise thou will have the only deposit of Zilch with thee.”

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.

— Ben Okri

I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework

— Gordon Clark

Courage is rarely reckless or foolish... courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced.

— Margaret Truman Daniel

“Various large trees— willowy peppers and especially the pines—seem to be reaching down to hold your hand.”

— Tom Hillman

I'm such a huge sports video game fan. These games are getting so realistic, it's amazing.

— Mehcad Brooks

The SF genre, of course, is really an organically evolved, marketplace-determined, idiosyncratic grab bag of themes and signifiers and characters and icons…

— Paul Di Filippo

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them.…

— Dean Kamen

To really 'live,' that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can life…

— Maxwell Maltz

How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is…

— Kofi Annan

I don't always want to play the wacky, crazy parts. I love having the opportunity to play a regular person in an…

— Jon Gries

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing…

— Liev Schreiber

But all categories of art, idealistic or realistic, surrealistic or constructivist (a new form of idealism) must satisfy a simple test (or…

— Herbert Read

For me photography is just a way to collect material to realize the ideas in my mind. I get inspired by things…

— Erik Johansson

Buddhism doesn't promise to fulfill our desires. Instead it says, 'You feel unfulfilled? That's okay. That's normal. Everybody feels unfulfilled. You will…

— Brad Warner

I'm not able to completely escape naturalism. It's very difficult to escape from naturalism without being too dry. That's what I try…

— Philippe Garrel

People who complain often say things like, 'I'm not being negative, I'm just being realistic.' Really? How is it anymore 'realistic' to…

— Hal Elrod

I don't really have a realistic life. Anyway, I am a schizophrenic so there two persons in me. Because I am the…

— Bianca Jagger

The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest…

— Benjamin Graham

America's got to look after America again. That means taking a realistic appraisal of who is actually at risk in this country,…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

I find it interesting that authors of fantasy and science fiction novels are rarely asked if their books are based on their…

— Malinda Lo

Those of us who work in this field see a developing potential for nearly a total control of human emotional status, mental…

— Anonymous

I always critique myself but I'm realistic - I know I can do better but I'm never that hard on myself, either.

— Francesca Hayward

I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I'm a researcher, so I'm realistic that there's nothing I'm doing that's going to prevent me from getting cancer in the future.…

— Tom Rath

I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form…

— Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Expect the best from your people and they will usually deliver but your expectations must be realistic.

— Warren G. Bennis

People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your…

— Mary J. Blige

Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art.

— Clement Greenberg

“Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.”

— Craig Groeschel

I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.

— Jai Courtney

“Be in today, believe in today because yesterday has gone and tomorrow will be bright from today.”

— Vishal Bhojwani

Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.

— Scott Adams

There's a part of me that wishes no one knew anything about me, but it's just not realistic.

— Chris Martin

Ah, art! Ah, life! The pendulum swinging back and forth, from complex to simple, again to complex. From romantic to realistic, back…

— Ray Bradbury

There are so many people in life who want to be good at everything. And that's just not realistic, because you end…

— George Russell

People talk about mumblecore but I prefer bumblecore, hyper-realistic bee movies about how bees really are.

— Mindy Kaling

“Is not the semblance of guilt, however slight the tinge, already a corruption?”

— Oakley Hall