Reality Quotes

"I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for."

"To the extent math refers to reality, we are not certain; to the extent we are certain, math does not refer to reality."

"Once you abstract from this, once you generalize and postulate Universals, you have departed from the creative reality, and entered the realm of static fixity, mechanism, materialism."

"I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal."

"The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

"Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one."

"Reality is a sliding door."

"Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality."

"This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal."

"You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong."

"I think he lives in such a rarified bubble these days, he doesn't understand what reality is any more."

"It's safe to say that the image of Atlanta does currently lag behind the reality of Atlanta. It has a terrific arts scene, great restaurants, great cultural venues and facilities. What they now need is a way to bring that reality out in the open in a simple and memorable way."

"With the election well out of the way, the chancellor's forecasts have taken a step back towards reality."

"The reality is setting in on the AOL/Time Warner deal."

"All such speculation about the Third Front is not based on reality. It is non-existent ... it has no place in the current context."

"The reality is someone new is going to have to take over the job, and that new person is never going to have as much experience as Greenspan,"

"We've always been a bit out of touch with reality."

"The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for development. In order to keep momentum post-Hong Kong, the European Union must be willing to move."

"Do we have any say? The reality is you're going to pay."

"It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane."