Realist Quotes

145 quotes by 127 authors

I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer, who tends to… — Paul Auster
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. — Hillary Clinton
Golf is not, on the whole, a game for realists. By its exactitudes of measurements it invites the attention of perfectionists. — Heywood Hale Broun
The visionary is the only realist. — Federico Fellini
If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are,… — Quentin Crisp
Next comes the realist phase ("After all, from a purely geometrical point of view a cat is only a tube with a door at the… — Terry Pratchett
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here, we can achieve awesome goals,… — Colin Powell
President Hinckley is not only a living prophet but also a living seer. He sees things that others do not see. He has the gift… — David E. Sorensen
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in… — Warren Rudman
If you are a novelist of a certain type of termperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too… — John Barth
The realists do not take the photograph for a 'copy' of reality, but for an emanation of past reality, a magic, not an art. — Roland Barthes
As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority. — Leonardo DiCaprio
The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay. — Robert Breault
I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety. — Jessica Chastain
I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people. — Tzipi Livni
One cannot afford to be a realist. — Albert Bandura
I don't favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to… — Malcolm X
Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers — Paul Wellstone
You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed… — Sydney J. Harris

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