Real World Quotes

622 Real World quotes by 517 unique authors

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires… — Walter Lippmann
Until now, physical theories have been regarded as merely models with approximately describe the reality of nature. As the models improve, so the fit between… — Paul Davies
There is no branch of mathematics, however abstract, which may not some day be applied to phenomena of the real world. — Unknown Author
That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're forced into the real world. I… — Jeph Jacques
The game was that of continually inventing a possible world, or a piece of a possible world, and then of comparing it with the real… — Francois Jacob
I like living in the 20th century... to me the world has never been more beautiful. I am trying to paint the real world I… — Jeffrey Smart
...the computer models are very good at solving equations of fluid dynamics but very bad at describing the real world. The real world is full… — Freeman Dyson
Reality, for all intents and purposes, is just life - the real world, pure and uncut, shot straight to the vein of our souls every… — Corey Taylor
The intensive use of photographs by mass media lays ever fresh responsibilities upon the photographer. We have to acknowledge the existence of a chasm between… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time… — Galen Rowell
All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details,… — Rohinton Mistry
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to… — John Maynard Keynes
Existing economics is a theoretical system which floats in the air and which bears little relation to what happens in the real world. — Ronald Coase
You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not… — George Stephanopoulos
What can we say to people who think that dreams are the real world and this one is an illusion. Perhaps they're right. — Unknown Author
We all suffer alone in the real world; true empathy's impossible. — David Foster
When I'm working in the real world with real women and we're shopping, we find that fashion seems to end when you get any larger… — Tim Gunn
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world — Brent Spiner
Kids not only understand [a dark story] but appreciate it … Because in the real world there's fear, and dark things happen no matter how… — America Ferrera
Being Doctor Who, I used to look at the clock and know at half past four we were going to stop rehearsing - and that… — Tom Baker
The casting directors that were aware of The Real World looked at me as a joke. It was so hard to get away from that. — Jamie Chung
What they teach you in school doesn't prepare you for life. Textbooks don't compare to living in the real world. Rock and roll teaches you… — Joey Ramone
Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world — Eric S. Raymond
One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint of… — Stephen Hawking
In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is. — Ann Coulter

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