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title: "24 Reality Things Quotes by 22 authors"
description: "Browse 24 Reality Things quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Reality Things sayings and thoughts."
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> [I don't know how everybody else feels, but I just long for reality rather than these made-up things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clint-eastwood/i-don-t-know-how-everybody-else-feels-but-i-just-long-for-reality/)

[Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clint-eastwood/)

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> [We think we own things, but the reality is, our things own us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/we-think-we-own-things-but-the-reality-is-our-things-own-us/)

[Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/)

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> [If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened. It is simply expression that gives reality to things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-one-doesn-t-talk-about-a-thing-it-has-never-happened-it-is-simply/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Some people become the reality of the many things we dream of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jey-lopez/some-people-become-the-reality-of-the-many-things-we-dream-of/)

[Jey Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jey-lopez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7eb/jey-lopez-43079_people_some-people-become-the-reality-of-the-ma_1577923.jpg)

> [When you stop inventing reality then you see things as they really are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-okri/when-you-stop-inventing-reality-then-you-see-things-as-they-really-are/)

[Ben Okri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-okri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/ben-okri-3640_inventing_when-you-stop-inventing-reality-then-you_2880716.jpg)

> [The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armando-iannucci/the-only-shared-reality-we-have-is-things-we-have-seen-on-television/)

[Armando Iannucci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armando-iannucci/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/armando-iannucci-18442_advertising_the-only-shared-reality-we-have-is-thing_46725.jpg)

> [I've always been kind of an escape artist. I think that I thought the day-to-day reality of things was unbearably flat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-stone/i-ve-always-been-kind-of-an-escape-artist-i-think-that-i-thought-the/)

[Sharon Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-stone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/sharon-stone-2522_art_i-ve-always-been-kind-of-an-escape-artis_2039885.jpg)

> [“To clarify, things that fight against reality are those things we tend not to accept and therefore never let go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-g-roldan/to-clarify-things-that-fight-against-reality-are-those-things-we-tend/)

[Alexis G. Roldan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-g-roldan/)

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> [For, try as we may, we cannot get behind the appearence of things to reality. And the terrible reason may be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/for-try-as-we-may-we-cannot-get-behind-the-appearence-of-things-to/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/oscar-wilde-16_behinds_for-try-as-we-may-we-cannot-get-behind-t_1565949.jpg)

> [Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. They do not belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/life-and-reality-are-not-things-you-can-have-for-yourself-unless-you/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/alan-watts-587_accord_life-and-reality-are-not-things-you-can_2590295.jpg)

> [We never know the reality of things: we see only what we are aware of. It is our consciousness that determines the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nawal-el-saadawi/we-never-know-the-reality-of-things-we-see-only-what-we-are-aware-of/)

[Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nawal-el-saadawi/)

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> [“My point is that you know how your mother is. She gets all these ideas in her head about how it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/electa-graham/my-point-is-that-you-know-how-your-mother-is-she-gets-all-these-ideas/)

[Electa Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/electa-graham/)

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> [“try as we may we cannot get behind things to the reality. And the terrible reason may be that there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/try-as-we-may-we-cannot-get-behind-things-to-the-reality-and-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/oscar-wilde-16_life_try-as-we-may-we-cannot-get-behind-thing_2639465.jpg)

> [But when one believes in the reality of things, making them visible by artificial means is not quite the same as feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/but-when-one-believes-in-the-reality-of-things-making-them-visible-by/)

[Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/)

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> [“The subject matter. . . is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stevens/the-subject-matter-is-not-that-collection-of-solid-static-objects-2/)

[Wallace Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stevens/)

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> [As far as trying to make it terms of social hierarchy or status and all that in art and music - I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willis-earl-beal/as-far-as-trying-to-make-it-terms-of-social-hierarchy-or-status-and/)

[Willis Earl Beal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willis-earl-beal/)

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> [“Live, you say, in the present; Live only in the present. But I don’t want the present, I want reality; I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/live-you-say-in-the-present-live-only-in-the-present-but-i-don-t-want/)

[Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/)

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> [I use to do things that changed my perception of reality now I do things that change my perception to reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/i-use-to-do-things-that-changed-my-perception-of-reality-now-i-do/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4c/melchor-lim-61_facts_i-use-to-do-things-that-changed-my-perce_1014680.jpg)

> [I write toward both idealism and reality - how things are and how I wish they could be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-write-toward-both-idealism-and-reality-how-things-are-and-how-i/)

[Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/)

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> [I think you just have to give yourself a dose of reality. Things don't always work out the way you want them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brady-quinn/i-think-you-just-have-to-give-yourself-a-dose-of-reality-things-don-t/)

[Brady Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brady-quinn/)

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> [I realize now that the reality of things is not something you convey to people but something you make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/i-realize-now-that-the-reality-of-things-is-not-something-you-convey/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/the-reality-of-things-going-on-around-me-is-more-interesting-than-the/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/027/dennis-hopper-8988_fantasy_the-reality-of-things-going-on-around-me_941610.jpg)

> [The startling reality of things is my discovery every single day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/the-startling-reality-of-things-is-my-discovery-every-single-day/)

[Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/)

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> [“but the sudden stark reality that things were never going to be the same again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-hughes/but-the-sudden-stark-reality-that-things-were-never-going-to-be-the/)

[Kathryn Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-hughes/)

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