Realistic Quotes

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Be realistic, demand the impossible!

Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work.

Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible!

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels.

People will kill you over time, and how they'll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like 'be realistic.'

Because we have learned to believe negativity is more realistic, it appears more real than any positive voice.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.

I have seen games on Xbox 360 and HD TV and I'm amazed at how realistic the players look.

Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.

Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.

One half of me is a hopeless romantic. The other half is well... just realistic.

War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.

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.

Life didn't promise to be wonderful.

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever.

To err is human; to forgive people and yourself for poor behavior is to be sensible and realistic.

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.

The beauty of words will forever be stronger than the silence of tears.

Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win.

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

Don't front, don't put something out there that you feel isn't realistic and doesn't portray who you are. Just be yourself, be you, and don't be afraid to speak your mind.

I close my eyes to indulge and reminisce of a sunset that never existed.

I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic Reality.

Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental,' you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, 'We must be realistic,' they mean they are going to make money out of it.

As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.

I am realistic – I expect miracles.

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.

Whether our fear is absolutely realistic or out of proportion in our minds, our greatest refuge is Jesus Christ.

...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

My goal is to never lose. That may not be realistic, but I'm going to try.

Although many believe that technology automatically enables more realistic expression, I believe that is just not correct.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; its too realistic. When I design, I dream.

Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

Even from the simplest, the most realistic point of view, the countries which we long for occupy, at any given moment, a far larger place in our actual life than the country in which we happen to be.

The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.

I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level.

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.

I want a better world, but also a realistic world. We can only create a better world by becoming realistic.

Realistic, naturalistic art had dissembled the medium, using art to conceal art; Modernism used art to call attention to art.

The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them - preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.