Realism Quotes

"There is no such thing as fun for the whole family." "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" "The idea that you can find a mentor in one person who will be your lap and wing – it's simply not true" "Google+ is a great product, but you can’t have stars in your eyes about the shape of the new frontier." "Politics have no relation to morals" "People assume that we’re going to have a perfect understanding of things, but things aren’t that simple." "One has to have the courage of one's pessimism" "Death is the winner, there's no point denying that" "Emotionally, I have no picture-book ideas about love." "The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." "The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy" "I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy" "I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched" "A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts" "This is not the profound, smouldering, lost love that poets speak of. This is an uncomfortable kick in the bollocks." "I'm not interested in being Wonder Woman in the least. It's so boring to be perfect." "There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs" "Dream in a pragmatic way" "Be a philosopher but amid all your philosophy be still a man" "Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be"