Quotes of Realistic - somelinesforyou

“ The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. ”

- Eric Hoffer

“ To be realistic today is to be visionary. To be realistic is to be starry-eyed. ”

- Hubert H. Humphrey

“ Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. ”

- Sharon Tate

“ I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing. ”

- Kirsten Dunst

“ French movies are much more realistic. I don't see why we can't see naked people onscreen, but can see a baby killed in America. It's quite strange. Too puritan, too uptight. ”

- Eva Green

“ I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my movies, secret agents are more realistic, I didn't want to portray them in the most glowing colours. ”

- King Hu

“ You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is. ”

- Dean Kamen

“ Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. ”

- Edward Dahlberg

“ There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can't have — at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most. ”

- Barbara Sher

“ Which Christmas is the most vivid to me? It's always the next Christmas. ”

- Joanne Woodward

“ Logic is one thing and commonsense another. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ This is a commonsense law that provides parents with the tools they need to protect their children from the effects of violence and graphic adult content. ”

- Jennifer Granholm

“ I am realistic — I expect miracles. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ”

- Peggy Noonan

“ What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. ”

- Dave Barry

“ I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic reality. ”

- Fernando Botero

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

- Walt Disney

“ Courage is rarely reckless or foolish… courage usually involves a highly realistic estimate of the odds that must be faced. ”

- Margaret Truman

“ Goals should be SMART: S = Specific M = Measurable A = Assignable R = Realistic T = Time-Related. ”

- Unknown

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

- Walt Disney

“ If someone tells you he is going to make "a realistic decision," you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad. ”

- Mary McCarthy

“ 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. ”

- James Fenton

“ We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. ”

- Susan Jeffers

“ You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end. ”

- Sidney A. Friedman

“ When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer. ”

- Anthony J. D’Angelo

“ One of the saddest lines in the world is 'oh come now — be realistic.' The best parts of the world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride. ”

- Richard Nelson Bolles

“ Realism should only be the means of expression of religious genius… or, at the other extreme, the artistic expressions of monkeys which are quite satisfied with mere imitation. In fact, art is never realistic though sometimes it is tempted to be… ”

- Albert Camus

“ One reason we lasted so long is that we usually played two people who were very much in love. As we were realistic actors, we became those two people. So we had a divertissement: I had an affair with him, and he with me. ”

- Lynn Fontanne

“ It's not my ideal place. Los Angeles is so much about Hollywood and the business is so much a part of your life. There's a different level of ego here and I don't really want that to become my daily concern. It's not a lifestyle I really want. I am still really sceptical about the whole thing and trying to remain realistic… ”

- Martin Henderson

“ Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that. ”

- Werner Herzog
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