Quotes about Realism

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

Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?

if the M.C.C. were to agree, in a thoughtless moment, that the ball must be so hit by the batsman that it should never come down to earth again, cricket would become an impossibility. A vivid sense of reality usually restrains sports committees from promulgating laws of this kind; other legislators occasionally lack this salutary realism.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

Thinking rationally is often different from "positive thinking," in that it is a realistic assessment of the situation, with a view towards rectifying the problem if possible.

Develop a tremendous faith in God and that will give you a humble yet soundly realistic faith in yourself.