Quotes About Realism

I think what a lot of action movies lose these days, especially the ones that deal with fantasy, is you stop caring at some point because you've lost human scale.

Fantasy is hard to do when it comes to making it look good compared to something that's a documentary or hyper-realism.

I want a script to affect me in some way. I am usually drawn to character studies, scripts about real people and the world we live in not some fantasy.

I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.

Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.

I don't want to say that in a place that's negative about what the fear is. I just want to be a realist.

When you stop expecting people and situations to be perfect, you can start to appreciate them for who and what they are.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Aim for the sky but set your sights on the next step. Setting goals is a good thing but you need to devise realistic strategies to achieve them.

Having a pessimistic outlook on life rather than an optimistic outlook is more realistic.

Life is not a bowl full of cherries, there's good and bad stuff.

I grew up. I stopped letting people push me around all the time. I learned that you can't always be happy. I accepted reality.

One has to be grown-up enough to realize that life is not fair; you just have to do the best you can in the situation you're in.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Play the hand your dealt, don't play the hand you wish you were dealt.

It is no good pretending that as Christian leaders we have little or no power. We do. Power and power differentials are givens in leadership. Being realistic about this is essential if we are to grasp how we affect others. We need to be as insightful as possible if we want to ensure that we use our power and authority in right and godly ways.

You have to have drive and commitment - as well as an honest sense of what is and isn't possible.

You don't have to be an Adonis or a giant to accomplish feats of greatness. You have to have drive and commitment—as well as an honest sense of what is and isn't possible.

Turning the other cheek was a lovely sentiment, but in the real world, it mostly resulted in matching bruises.

Turning the other cheek was a lovely sentiment, but in the real world, it mostly resulted in matching bruises. Better

Pride and Prejudice is realistic, questioning, and sometimes flippant, even cynical--but Arcadia is always just about to happen. Some very tough truths are told in this novel in which everyone goes wrong, but our hearts are light as we read because we are never far from the land of green promise.

I was ever the realist, sometimes to my sorrow. But seldom to my regret.