Realistic Quotes · Page 16

I try to write about realistic people doing realistic things. Or as close as I can get, given that I'm trying to…

— Nick Petrie

“Nature has endowed the human with A HEART to detect the sensibility of feelings and A WEIRD MIND to contemplate …so be…

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.

— Noam Chomsky

We should always be realistic about our needs, steer clear of this over indulgence & self imposed poverty nonsense.

— Anonymous

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

— Bob Woodward

The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them - preferably in…

— Richard Branson

There are all kinds of voices in YA, and they are realistic and unflinching.

— Jeff Giles

“We always remember our first love as if they were our last and wish our last love was just like our first.”

— Nicholas Graveheart

CEOs must master three essential attributes, realistic optimism, subservience to purpose, and finding order in chaos. One's capacity in each determines their…

— Justin Menkes

The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome; it is to determine whether a project's targets are…

— Steve McConnell

It is important for you to have a goal. You simply can't get there if you don't know where you are going.…

— Mary Kay Ash

We're looking for a certain kind of realism or naturalism, and we go about it in different ways, but I think we're…

— Joe Swanberg

It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of…

— Alison Jackson

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable… A man full of faith is simply…

— Anonymous

My interest is in completing an image that is spectacular beyond belief. My fidelity is to the image and the art and…

— Kehinde Wiley

Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in…

— David Gill

We had a completely deniable exchange of papers - in the winter before the 1997 election - with [Tony] Blair, setting out…

— David Trimble

That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you…

— Swami Vivekananda

“There was a lot about my life that was crappy, now that I couldn't talk. But if I hadn't gotten drunk that…

— Keary Taylor

A realistic definition of risk recognizes the potential loss of capital through inflation and taxes, and would include at least the following…

— David Dreman

I was pretty realistic to people about what we could get done, and the situation we were in, and trying to tamp…

— Barack Obama

For many people, the only reason to do anything is that it's best for them individually. And I think that's why planners…

— Donald Shoup

I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles.…

— Sue Grafton

Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples.…

— Daniel J. Sullivan

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost…

— Jerry Brown

What I want you to know is that ‘Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts,

— Michael Morell

We live on two levels ... the realistic level and the fantastic level, and which is the real one, really?

— Tennessee Williams

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense…

— Aberjhani

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising…

— George C. Williams

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

— Ruben Hinojosa

Maybe people don't see me as believable playing a person of today. I guess I'm just more realistic in a corset and…

— Katie McGrath

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

— Golda Meir

I don't think it's realistic for someone to have an undying loyalty to everything you ever make.

— FKA twigs

It is true that comedy might not be realistic all the time, but I enjoy doing it.

— Sanjay Mishra

I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not…

— Alexandre Aja

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

If films don't work, you have to be realistic and keep taking up television projects.

— Gautam Rode

Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption.

— Paul Lafargue

I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.

— Kelli O'Hara

I've represented my country and played in the Premier League a long time so I am pretty realistic and confident in what…

— Fabian Delph