Real Quotes
When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.
Tina FeyTina Fey I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
Barbara SherBarbara Sher But every race conducted on real streets has a character of its own – Barcelona, Monaco, and now Long Beach.
Mario AndrettiMario Andretti He comes to play, prepares himself real well. We need him to play the way he does.
Alain VigneaultAlain Vigneault Maybe the actors that used to turn down William Goldman’s scripts – where he wanted them to stretch and grow, and he was mad at ’em, and said, “Why won’t they be a real actor?” – maybe they just knew their audience. It’s too bad.
Beth GrantBeth Grant The real romance is out ahead and yet to come. The computer revolution hasn’t started yet.
Alan KayAlan Kay You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I’ve heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal.
Dorothea LangeDorothea Lange Wrangel pretended to combat the Bolsheviks, Bolshevism is Jewry. In order to retain the favor of the Jews holding the real power in England, France and the United States,
Boris BrasolBoris Brasol I think it’s hard sometimes for people to grapple with the real-life consequences of political change.
Ben H. WintersBen H. Winters The real reason women fall in love abroad is not that they are free of domestic inhibitions but that they translate their love of stone and place into love of flesh. … Is this true?
Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonBarbara Grizzuti Harrison The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.
Muhammad IqbalMuhammad Iqbal Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.
Veronica RothVeronica Roth The Office’ is less a comedy than so many other “comedies” that have been on the air. It’s really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.
B. J. NovakB. J. Novak