Real World Quotes

622 Real World quotes by 517 unique authors

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real… — Hilary Mantel
Stories come from violence, they come from sex. They come from death. They come from the dark places that everyone has to go to, kind… — Joss Whedon
The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order to draw a… — Charles Stross
Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no common sense, and… — Lawrence Kudlow
Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the… — Thomas Sowell
Doing nothing in the public policy world allows much more to be done in the real world. — Unknown Author
The fact of the matter is that the 'real world' is to a large extent unconsciously built up on the language habits of the group. — Edward Sapir
There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you create… — Moshe Feldenkrais
In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing… — Camille Paglia
The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss.… — Kingsley Amis
You want a valve that doesn't leak and you try everything possible to develop one. But the real world provides you with a leaky valve.… — Unknown Author
When evaluating a model, at least two broad standards are relevant. One is whether the model is consistent with the data. The other is whether… — Unknown Author
My husband is someone who's in the real world. It's a big help that I don't have both feet in Hollywood — Jeri Ryan
The professional conducts his business in the real world. Adversity, injustice, bad hops and rotten calls, even good breaks and lucky bounces all comprise the… — Steven Pressfield
The split in America, rather than simply economic, is between those who embrace reason, who function in the real world of cause and effect, and… — Chris Hedges
Money values do not simply mirror the state of affairs in the real world; valuation is a positive act that makes an impact on the… — George Soros
The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility). — George Soros
Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact… — George Soros
Every call to worship is a call into the Real World.... I encounter such constant and widespread lying about reality each day and meet with… — Eugene H. Peterson
But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they… — Elizabeth Moon
Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition — Marc Andreessen
The old time strongmen used to lift huge weights just enough to clear a sheet of paperit is in this tradition that Sri Chinmoy's lifts… — Frank Zane
The visible world only becomes the real world by the operation of thought — Unknown Author
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do… — Wilma Rudolph
I looked at 73 climate models going back to 1979 and every single one predicted more warming than happened in the real world. — John Christy

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