Realistic Quotes

Just had lunch with the president who seems pensive, slightly deflated, realistic, aggravated and resolute. Didn't eat his pie.

I have tried being surreal, but my frogs hop right back into their realistic ponds.

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.

I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.

Honor a good woman because she is virtuous and honorable.

What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

The New Look of Batman is more illustrative and realistic.

There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.

I try to be realistic, listen to my body and know when to slow down.

Playing for Manchester United is something that most people want and very few people do - but there is no harm in having a dream as long as you are realistic with it.

A misfit like me getting anywhere in Hollywood as I somehow have, seemed, certainly at the time of 'Spanking The Monkey,' kind of out of reach, or not a very realistic take.

What I want you to know is that 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a dramatization, not a realistic portrayal of the facts.

It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important issues. Those issues are what make us human.

(Guy) Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. (Jeremy) Irons at least knows what kind of movie he's in, and hams it up accordingly.

The more realistic you are the more you threaten the grounds of your own art.

If I had to choose, I would never take my shirt off again in a movie, but I guess that's not very realistic. I certainly won't be asking to do it, though.

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.

No one from the beginning of time has had security.

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.

A fool or idiot is one who expects things to happen that never can happen.

There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation.

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.

I looked at an angel today, but the angel could not see me. The angel was more amazing than beautiful, like the best forgotten dream.

We simply can’t feel fulfilled by love we pay for.

Impulsive passion please set me free.

Joys circular fulfillment was so persistent, when I was weak it gave me strength.

Frequent friction when love becomes political.

I wish that I could fly into the sky and touch the clouds with my hands.

Men take care of your responsibilities with maturity.

Love is serious and tolerant. Magnificent and noble.

My expectations-which I extended whenever I came close to accomplishing my goals-made it impossible ever to feel satisfied with my success.

Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.

I think you just have to be realistic to what the reality is, the way people experience movies.

I set myself up for a lot of trouble by wanting to tell a story that is fairly earnest and emotional and expressive, but to do it in the most subtle, realistic way.

The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.

I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.

I can do anything I set my mind to if I believe and am realistic.

I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.

Adults tend to think they have much free will. Kids younger than six are less sure. They may be more realistic!

I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.

As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.

The demarcation between an art house film and an entertainer has blurred, only because a larger section of the audience has accepted such realistic films.

The president [Barack Obama] laid out his vision for foreign policy in a way that we hadn't heard before. And it could be summed up, I think, in two words - realistic idealism.

We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth

I don't know what I was thinking when I was starting out. I was hoping I'd get paid to draw realistic pictures of hockey players. I still hold that hope alive.

Make sure you're realistic about what you can do, but if you have a good lead with something, making the plunge into full-time writing is the only way to go.