Famous quotes containing the word realist:
“The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.”
—David Ben Gurion (1886–1973)
“Let the realist not mind appearances. Let him delegate to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life. The virtues are economists, but some of the vices are also. Thus, next to humility, I have noticed that pride is a pretty good husband. A good pride is, as I reckon it, worth from five hundred to fifteen hundred a year.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)