Reality Quotes

I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Exaggeration is my only reality.

Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they can adjust the ideas of old men to the shape of reality as they find it in villages and hills of China or in ghettos and suburbs of America.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure.

The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.

To me, a fairy tale seems to have become reality.

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

My reality is never going to be stick-skinny.

The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.

We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.

It's a good harsh reality, because my family keeps me very grounded.

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking.

You too must not count too much on your reality as you feel it today, since like yesterday, it may prove an illusion for you tomorrow.

I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be.

In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.

The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.

The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

The buildings that I build very often have a dreamlike reality. I don't mean by that they have a fantasy quality at all, in fact quite the reverse. They contain in some degree the ingredients that give dreams their power... stuff that's very close to us.

If you align expectations with reality, you will never be disappointed.

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60.