Quotes About Reality

When you're writing in first person, like I do, you can't give a fluffy version of someone's thoughts because even the most prudish woman in her head will go to dark places, whether she says it out loud, you can still have these kind of thoughts.

Many don't think that there are women serving in combat roles. Others think that women who do serve in combat shrink in fear when the bullets fly. I know differently.

Birds born in cages think that flying is a disease.

It's almost like schizophrenia the way I get ideas about things that are not really happening and just end up focusing on them.

What is true and what most folks think is that there is no sound in space. From almost all recollections, I would agree.

I think sometimes when you see folks on TV, you are seeing the best part of their life, not the really tough part.

I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring.

I never followed 'Big Boss.'

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

The American Dream - that's our folly. That's our folly. Look where we're ending up.

I try not to kid myself. You know, I don't mind romancing someone else, but to fool yourself is pretty devastating and dangerous.

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

If you're an actor, you tend to fool yourself into thinking you're much younger than you are because you're playing parts and behaving like a child all the time.

Anybody who thinks they're the perfect parent is a fool.

I am not a fool. I know where I stand in terms of box office returns.

Nothing is fixed or foolproof; I have no delusion about that.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

With 'The Big Breakfast', the only way I can describe it is you spend your life jet-lagged, because of the hours. It's so strange, it's like you're a foot behind yourself. Even when you were there, nothing seemed real.

I know the reality of the business. But I also say, not in a braggadocious way, that I'm a good football coach.

When you're a step onto a football field, never is that more evident that the truth is going to get told.

Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.

Behind the footballer, there is a human being.

When we have a ball at our feet, we footballers are delighted, but what happens behind the scenes is not always all that pretty.

Just because footballers earn a lot of money, it doesn't mean we're not human.