Best Realists Quotes
40 Realists quotes by 37 unique authors
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Realists do not fear the results of their study.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word experience have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the…
— Bertrand Russell
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Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without batting…
— Agatha Christie
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The ability to "fantasize" is the ability to survive. It's wonderful to speak about this subject because there have been so many wrong-headed people dealing…
— Ray Bradbury
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A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a…
— Louis L'Amour
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There are only two kinds of people in this world. The realists and the dreamers. The realists know where they are going and the dreamers…
— Robert Orben
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Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but…
— Kathleen Norris
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It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we…
— Lorraine Hansberry
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Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.
— Stephen King
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Nuclear war is inevitable, says the pessimists; Nuclear war is impossible, says the optimists; Nuclear war is inevitable unless we make it impossible, says the…
— Sydney J. Harris
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It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin…
— Unknown Author
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Without so much as turning a hair I freely admit that I am one of America's greatest realists.
— Thorne Smith
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Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve…
— Unknown Author
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When people have given up on happiness they call themselves 'realists.'
— Marty Rubin
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