Quotes About Realism

The audience burst into applause and hallelujahs. I kept trying to make sense of it, and kept coming up short. Here were people who routinely used their computers to stay in touch with their friends and get the news of the day, people who took weather satellites and lung transplants for granted, people who expected to live lives thirty and forty years longer than those of their great-grandparents. Here they were, falling for a story that made Santa and the Tooth Fairy look like gritty realism.

You need to manage your expectations. You'll live longer.

If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.

I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don't?

The American Revolution was a successful revolution precisely because it was grounded in both realism and idealism. Written deep into the structure of our Constitution is a profound comfort with contradiction. It sets faction against faction, pits each branch of government against the other, dilutes the excesses of democracy, and holds the executive accountable to the people. By being so grounded in realism, it can hold the weight of our ideals.

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.

I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.

la vida es la realidad radical».

En conclusión, podemos decir que la madurez personal es una aspiración, una meta, un objetivo a medio-largo plazo, pero al que rara vez se llega de forma total. Hemos de ser realistas. Las utopías son malas compañeras de viaje. La madurez supone un cierto estado de plenitud que se va alcanzando mediante un proceso de crecimiento gradual y paulatino.

Así funcionan los periódicos en este país, pero tú eras demasiado idealista para entenderlo.

I like presenting ambiguous situations. It seems to me a great part of our inner and outer lives are ambiguous, if we're honest about it. Maybe I'm a realist, in that respect.

False hopes and unrealistic expectations lead inevitably to disillusionment. Being happy with the small things that life offers us, allows us to enjoy the moment as it emerges. (Is that all there is?)

Good historical fiction can bring those sights, smells, and even the oppressive heat so alive, you feel that you are there,

The mice aren't going to line up and come running into camp, you know.

I love that you wanted to try. But after we've done everything we can, we have to accept things the way they are and make the most of what we have.

I avoided false optimism, but I did not want to appear defeatist, either.

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

He that best understands the world, least likes it.

He that best understands the world, least likes it. - Benjamin Franklin, 1753