Realists Quotes

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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 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.
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
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
Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers — Paul Wellstone
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its… — M. Scott Peck
For what reason then do the realists show themselves so unfriendly toward philosophy? Because they misunderstand their own calling and with all their might want… — Max Stirner
Realists are, as a rule, only men in the rut of routine who are incapable of transcending a narrow circle of antiquated notions. — Theodor Herzl
Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because they… — H. L. Mencken
It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society… — Teresa Heinz
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh on philosophers, but they have not been very kind to me... I have been variously called nominalist, an instrumentalist,… — Stephen Hawking
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of wonder, unlike anything… — Donald Harington
Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale, and wholesale ecological… — Satish Kumar
I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now and… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme. — Esther Perel
Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic. — Seth Godin
What reality was ever made by realists? — Richard Flanagan
I think hard times are coming. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality. — Ursula K. Le Guin
It may be that, while we plodding realists go on, for ever preoccupied with our daily chores, abstracting a microscopic pleasure from each microscopic duty,… — William McFee

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