Quotes About Reality

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O'Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O'Brien: You do not exist.

When we got into office the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for those realities.

A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

Heaven is reality itself. All that is fully real is Heavenly. For all that can be shaken will be shaken and only the unshakeable remains.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

If you think I have a great voice and body, youll be shocked as hell seeing and hearing me in the shower.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

I'm always amazed when I hear people saying, "That George Bush, he's a great leader". And I wonder, where can one find a drug that would make one so delusional?

Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

There's a great quote from Henry Kissinger, which I became aware of from reading [Joseph] Heller's Good As Gold. He said: 'Every great achievement was a dream before it became a reality.'

The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.

I think a lot of people have this idea that if you put something on YouTube you'll get famous overnight. It would be really great if that was possible, but that's not really how it works.

I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.

Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.

When I hear [about a housing bubble] I get the sense that people aren't connecting the dots.

Happiness is an enemy. It weakens you. Suddenly, you have something to lose.

Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would.