Quotes about Realism

He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

The content in TV has become more mature and relatable.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

Christianity is not some ideal toward which we ought always to strive even though the ideal is out of reach. Christianity is not a series of slogans that sum up our beliefs.

The true Christian must be both an idealist and a realist. We must have dreams and visions for better things in the future because that is what faith demands. However at the same time, we cannot ignore the reality of what is taking place right now. The key is not to let what you see now steal what you believe for the future.

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

Cynicism always comes clothed in "realism". The alternatives to begin with an act of imagination. Can we imagine another way?

if the M.C.C. were to agree, in a thoughtless moment, that the ball must be so hit by the batsman that it should never come down to earth again, cricket would become an impossibility. A vivid sense of reality usually restrains sports committees from promulgating laws of this kind; other legislators occasionally lack this salutary realism.

I'm not Pollyanna. Nobody has a magic wand.

If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it. Do it with everything you've got. Just don't plan on using it as a shortcut to making a living.

We can not play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.

I'm an idealist without illusions.