Quotes tagged ‘Realism’

“I believe, and will never stop saying, that we will not only transcend this moment as a species but we will also be better humans on the other side of these undeniable tragedies. Realism and accuracy are essential but so is the human spirit. Not mutually exclusive human goods.”

— Scott Barry Kaufman (SBK), twitter.com

“That's what's wrong with the present day horror films. There's no realism. Not like the old ones, the great ones. Frankenstein. Phantom of the Opera. Dracula—the one with Bela Lugosi of course, not this new fellow.”

— Robert Bloch, Paul Henderson (segment 4 "The Cloak"), Jon Pertwee, imdb.com

“The real warning is that there are people who matter more and people who matter less. Those who will be remembered and those who will be forgotten.”

— Jennie Snyder Urman, Sebastian 'Bash' de Poitiers, Torrance Coombs, imdb.com

“Mary Hartman: Where's Grandpa? Martha Shumway: Watching Years of Our Days to Live. It's his favorite. Mary Hartman: Oh, I don't like that one. Martha Shumway: No? Mary Hartman: No, all the girls look alike, and they're all divorced, and all the husbands fool around with someone at work. I like a mor…”

— Ann Marcus, Jerry Adelman, Mary Hartman, Louise Lasser, imdb.com

“This is giving me like Bob Ross realism!”

— Jonathan Van Ness, imdb.com

“The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

“The pessimist complains about wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sails.”

— Lecrae, twitter.com

“What you plan and what takes place ain’t ever exactly been similar.”

— Joss Whedon, Jayne Cobb, Adam Baldwin, imdb.com

“I'm not a Dylan….I’m not somebody who can stoically write a clear picture of what's happening. But I can leave a very strong impression of how I feel about it.”

— David Bowie, amazon.com

“I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that’s a great combination.”

— Ralph Lauren, global.ralphlauren.com

“Realism's 'truth' as embodied in painting and literature now solely consists of things capable of being seen by the eye or heard by the ear. Realism is concerned only with the external shell of nature. People content with the discoveries they have made ignore the fact that there are other things to…”

— Edvard Munch, en.wikiquote.org

“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay.”

— Lynda Barry, goodreads.com

“People aren’t always what you want them to be. Sometimes they disappoint you or let you down, but you have to give them a chance first. You can’t just meet someone and expect them to be everything you’re looking for and then be angry when they’re not every hope and aspiration you projected onto them…”

— Chloe Rattray, amazon.com

“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”

— Mark Twain, amazon.com

“The realist in actuality doesn’t truly see ‘what is.’ They only see what was. As soon as the mind thinks about ‘what is,’ the moment has already passed. The realist only sees how things were, and then expects them to be. Clinging to their love of the past, if even only clinging to what was just a mo…”

— Derek Doepker, amazon.com

“Reality is what people who lack vision see.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana, amazon.com

“People will kill you. Over time. They will shave out every last morsel of fun in you with little, harmless sounding phrases that people uses every day, like: 'Be realistic!”

— Dylan Moran, amazon.com