Character Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

Being a moral realist I see normative ethics as a search of the truth about our obligations and a search of explanation; the idea…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

[Golfers] are a special kind of moral realist who nips the normal romantic and idealistic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice…

— Alistair Cooke

I am now a decided non-naturalist realist. And today we may even speak of a trend towards non-naturalist moral realism.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

The endurance athlete is the ultimate realist.

— Marty Liquori

My paintings are about light, about the way things look in their environment and especially about how things look painted. Form, colour and space…

— Ralph Goings

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

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

— Clay Aiken

I'm a realist, I understand football and situations in the game.

— Robert Snodgrass

I'm a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can't.

— Amy Winehouse

A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then…

— Cameron Sinclair

Only the free and personal man is a good citizen (realist), and even with the lack of particular (scholarly, artistic, etc)culture, a tasteful judge…

— Max Stirner

An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.

— Peter Drucker