#realist

Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn. ↗

— Michael Novak

#christians #hopeful #jews #judaism #too

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

#believe #miracles #realist #who

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to achieve advances that so-called realists would have you believe could never come to fruition. ↗

— Alisa Steinberg

#optimism #realists #courage

It had not seemed to matter that Rose was only eight years old. "More than eight," said Rose. "Nearly nine." "Darling Rose, even almost nearly nine-year-old's don't fall in love," said forgetful Caddy. Caddy tried very hard to comfort Rose when Tom had left. It was not an easy job. It was like trying to comfort a small, unhappy tiger. "Who said anything about falling in love?" growled Rose crossly. "Falling! Falling is by accident! I didn't fall in anything!" "Oh. Right. Sorry, Posy Rose." "And I am definitely not in love! ↗

— Hilary McKay

#families #love #realistic-fiction #family

Reality hasn't really sunk in yet, I knew that. I didn't want to know what life was going to feel like when it finally did. ↗

— Keary Taylor

#realistic #reality #life

Be such that people get to know of you as you are rather than comparing to others. ↗

— Ghumakkad Agantuk Ram

#philosophy-of-life #realistic #life

It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light. ↗

— Hedley Bull

#political #realist #anarchism

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher. ↗

— David Coverdale

#art #artist #become #could #design