Realize Quotes

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.

I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.

I came to realize in my late 20s that my velocity is not going to grow so I had to learn to utilize what I had.

No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

You realize that the first Bryan Ferry album was pretty good although at the time it seemed a bit cheesy.

Women don't realize how powerful they are.

Ultimately, your state of mind determines your circumstances. To realize the outcomes you want, it is critical to recognize and experience the transition from our present thoughts, habits, and actions to new thoughts, habits, and actions.

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted.

At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.

I understand why so many Americans were angry when I was first discovered in Afghanistan. I realize many still are, but I hope in time that feeling will change.

I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.

I realize that I had always in my heart of hearts planned to write a biography of Marie Antoinette.

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I went in to read with the director, I read the first book and I loved it. I didn't realize how good the writing was. And then I went in and read with Gary Ross, and that was it.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.

I realize now that I was a feminist and the minute I heard the word I certainly knew it meant me, but at that time I don't think we had the label yet. But there's no doubt about it that I was born a feminist.

It makes you also realize, 'OK, I'm excited to play tennis, and I work really hard to be the best tennis player I think I can be,' but I don't waste my time on stupid stuff, you know what I mean.

The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted.

The idea of being able to serve as an example, based upon how to process, how to think, how to realize our own dreams, we can pass that down to our children.

Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.

When I look back on my knee-jerk reactions now, I realize I should have just taken a breath.