Realistic Quotes · Page 14

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in…

— Rick Yancey

I wish a book could reach as many people as film, but we have to be realistic about it.

— David Grann

“One's mutual responsibility to any individual determines the role of one person who he is.”

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

“Pessimistic" is a word for "realistic" that optimists use to make themselves feel better (about their unrealisticness).”

— Claire

Having my own label, I have to look at things in a realistic, bottom-line manner.

— Mike Patton

We can let our past [difficulties and failures] beat us or teach us [to be more knowledgeable, competent and realistic in the…

— Zig Ziglar

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

— Albert Ellis

Now, if you want to do realistic, kind of heavier acting stuff, you do it on Amazon or Netflix or whatever or…

— Billy Bob Thornton

The only advice I could give is to stay positive and focused in terms of what your goals are, and stick to…

— Filo Tiatia

Like, I always knew I wanted a Kanye West feature and a Jay-Z feature. I knew that starting in the game when…

— Yo Gotti

We only hear success stories. You don't hear about the hundreds and hundreds - the overwhelming majority that don't go anywhere. This…

— Kumail Nanjiani

Abstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract for he must create his own work…

— Richard Diebenkorn

Fiction doesn't appeal to me because it can describe physical appearances exhaustively or because it can offer access to the inner depths…

— Ben Lerner

Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals is instructive in painting a realistic portrayal of Lincoln and his methods for accomplishing his objectives.…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

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

To put more American personnel in harm's way without a realistic chance for success is something I'm not in favor of. And…

— Arlen Specter

I guess what attracted me about the philosophy aspect was that it was realistic. It didn't go off into the realm of…

— Brad Warner

In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are…

— Betty Edwards

I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic…

— E. J. Hughes

I define Inner Space as an imaginary realm in which on the one hand the outer world of reality, and on the…

— J. G. Ballard

While greenies and their media flunkies continue to savage the gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and rhapsodize about hybrids, hydrogen, electrics, natural gas, propane,…

— Brock Yates

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has…

— John Lasseter

I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer…

— Christopher Hitchens

I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on…

— Dave Navarro

I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things.

— Jai Rodriguez

Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

— Criss Jami

You have to do what the story demands, but inside of those constraints, I try to inject as much realistic physics as…

— John Knoll

I am not in Bollywood for item songs. I have to do some meaty roles and realistic films.

— Kashmira Shah

I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.

— Diablo Cody

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.

— Sherilyn Fenn

There is an automatic assumption that negative is realistic and positive is unrealistic.

— Susan Jeffers

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

— Christopher Lasch

Changes of environment never stop your progress; if you are flexible and realistic.

— Asif Z Warsi

Don't mistake the Russia you want to exist for the Russia that there actually is. Be realistic.

— Daniel Fried

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic…

— Billy Monger

In a world filled with mistrust, armed to the teeth and ready to explode, a realistic attitude might be to consider love…

— Dominique de Menil

It's unfortunate that it's not realistic that you can get people to come to a movie theater not knowing anything about the…

— Dave McCary

I think I do pretty well with child characters. It's hard to write kids that are realistic, not annoying, and bring something…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“Having realistic and helpful expectations of the world that you live in and the people that you share it with will reduce…

— Steve Peters

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if…

— Teri Garr