Quotes About Realism

'Colors' is pretty good. It takes you inside the cop car bit. I like reality myself. I like reality-based kind of movies.

I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.

When I go to the movies, I want to see a human being dealing with their lives. That's all I ask.

Only an ideologue deals with the world as he would wish it to be, as opposed to the world as it is.

My only definition is that I am a pragmatist.

The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

You can't deny your limitations.

I love how South Indian films depict life and love.

I want to play characters that are real, that have depth in them.

I am not Pollyannaish about the depths of the challenges we face.

I tell my stories the way I tell them in real life, the way I talk or describe things.

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

The power of 'Madame Bovary' stems from Flaubert's determination to render each object of his scrutiny exactly as it looks, or sounds or smells or feels or tastes.

Let's say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that's simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don't want fancy descriptions getting in the way.

I believe sanity and realism can be restored to the teaching of Mathematical Statistics most easily and directly by entrusting such teaching largely to men and women who have had personal experience of research in the Natural Sciences.

It's about making sure we're there at the end of races and we get the best possible finish we can. What comes with that is being able to have realistic expectations and not trying to do something more than what the car is capable of, so it's a team effort for sure.

Don't hope more than you're willing to work.

Reviews and the show's own publicity always stressed its "realism." There is no doubt it

Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie — not perfect but who's complaining?

The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay.

In the realist you have the sorry sight of the five senses deprived of their imagination.

In life you must be a warrior, and war requires realism. While others may find beauty in endless dreams, warriors find it in reality, in awareness of limits, in making the most of what they have.

la importancia de mantener las relaciones más estrechas posible con los clientes; la necesidad de conservar las ideas en el nivel más simple y realista posible; el valor de crear un producto superior y de ganar por habilidad, en oposición a hacer que todo apunte a ganar dinero.

TANSTAAFL There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) by Robert Heinlein from his book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress