Quotes About Reality

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right.

Scientific reasoning is useful to anyone in any job because it makes us face the possibility, even the dire reality, that we were mistaken. It forces us to confront our self-justifications and put them on public display for others to puncture. At its core, therefore, science is a form of arrogance control.   The

Jared never prayed, because the idea of a loving God seemed out of sync with the facts of the world.

All human life seemed to be out there. And it was not a pretty sight.

The most effective way to break the controlling force of a myth is to recognize that you personally believe it, and that while you may share this belief with others, it is a belief and not necessarily a fact.

After all, who are you that the world should make sense to you?

As Aunt Bee has said before, everything can't be all rainbows and unicorn farts

The truth is the truth whether you serve it up plain or top it with chocolate frosting. It's still the truth.

Miss Janie used to say, 'It is what it is.'" Kayla had moved to the other side of the room with her can of paint and small brush. "I never understood what she was talking about until lately. Life is what it is. We either repeat what we know, or we learn from it and go forward in a better direction.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime. But I think if you have the expectation that you're going to be happy throughout your life--more to the point, if you have a need to be comfortable all the time--well, among other things, you have the makings of a classic drug addict or alcoholic.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

You mean like some kind of A Midsummer Night's Dream shtick? For real?

Fantasy is one of the best mediums for telling two stories (if not more!) at once. They layer on one another: reality and make-believe, life and myth, perception and fact.

And what about Cat People?" Hey, that was what I'd have said. "That's different," Marty said petulantly. "That was, you know, made-up.

The world is certainty a sudden place.

What good was it? That was the question she would like to know. What the hell good was it. All the plans she had made, and the music. When all that came of it was this trap--the store, then home to sleep, and back at the store again.

Being mad is no good. Nothing we can do is any good. That's the way it seems to me. All we can do is go around telling the truth.

Fancy feathers make peacocks, but you pluck them and see what's left.

It's okay that it's not okay. It's not a matter of weak or strong. Some things will never be right, no matter how much we rationalize them.

Although there are alternative perceptions, there are no alternative facts.

Who the hell ain't dysfunctional these days? When the Kennedys straighten out, then maybe the rest of us should worry.

Look, I whisper to Cat, Shooting star! That's good luck. She rolls her eyes. It's a plane, you idiot, she says, and when I look again I can see that she's right. Typical.

Everyone has a different story, and you have to ask yourself what motivates people to see reality the way they do.