“If someone tells you he is going to make "a realistic decision", you immediately understand that he is going to do something bad.”
Mary McCarthy
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”
Chinese Proverbs
“Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect-- But tell me the truth.”
Shel Silverstein
“We're pragmatic. We are realistic. We understand the whole concept of playing in the American League East, but that does not mean we bow down or be anybody's doormat. You don't have to do any of that. We're coming to play to win every game, every night. That is our goal.”
Joe Maddon
“it is hard to understand what more should, or realistically could have been done up to this point.”
James Robbins
“Realists see the world as it really is in all of its beauty and all if its horror.”
Terence T. Gorski
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
William Arthur Ward