Top 100 I've Realized Quotes
#1. I've realized the most effective way to write, for me, is knowing what to throw away.
Youth Lagoon
#2. What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends.
Anthony Kiedis
#3. I was never able to analyze my own performance that way I can now. I've realized why certain actors work. I think I'm very in control of what I do in there now. I know how to listen, how to make it real and how not to go to jokes, but to go for a sense of reality.
Steve Dildarian
#4. I think secretly I've realized after my time on the planet that I have no control over what people feel about me or need from me, so I just have a more laid-back approach in my apologies.
Meshell Ndegeocello
#5. I've realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It's something quite irrational and instinctive.
Vasily Grossman
#6. I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.
Eli Roth
#7. What I have learned over the years is to try to stay in the moment. I want to feel it all because I've realized nothing lasts.
Tracy Morgan
#8. From very early on, I've realized that and I have a mission statement with my songs to entertain, to encourage and to challenge the Body of Christ. That's always kind of the focus of the songs that I write for myself.
Jonny Diaz
#10. I've realized that you become a bully if you are just watching someone get bullied and you don't say anything. Speak up!
Emma Roberts
#11. Because, in the end, I've realized I'm not my father. I'm simply me. And that's enough.
Jessica Sorensen
#12. I've realized that no problem is as hopeless as it first may seem, I've learned how to live day to day and show others how to do the same, and most of all, I've learned how to just be.
Jessie Pavelka
#13. I think I've realized that business and being polite [don't] match. You can be fair, but me being polite was not me being fair to myself.
Beyonce Knowles
#14. And I've realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn't all we need - love is all there is.
Morgan Matson
#15. I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts.
Douglas Coupland
#16. I've realized is that every time you get something cool for your birthday or for Christmas, within a week it's being used against you. (We'll be taking this away until your English grade improves)
Jeff Kinney
#17. again - I've realized that's what grieving is, a constant cycle of feeling better and feeling worse, and I'm hopeful that one day I'll feel better more often than I feel worse - so
Colleen Oakley
#18. I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night.
Kim Cattrall
#19. At 22, there's a lot of trying to figure out love, which at the end of the day, I've realized I'll never figure out, though the process of trying is fun.
Hunter Hayes
#20. If there's one thing I've realized, it's that you have to be honest. Even if you're scared, even if you're worried that you're going to get your heart stomped on, even if you think that the truth is going to ruin everything, you have to put it out there. Because otherwise, you're fucked.
Lauren Barnholdt
#21. We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people a lot like me. I've realized that's a much more beautiful fate than the plan I had.
Torquil Campbell
#22. It's a tiny revolution to express yourself fully and be who you want to be, especially when systems tell you that you can't. I've realized how powerful it is for me to just discuss issues with young people and begin conversations.
Amandla Stenberg
#23. I've realized that a lot of life is not what you say,see,it's what you don't say.People have to make up their own minds then.It's like a game, and only we know the rules.
Martina Cole
#24. An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.
Josh Radnor
#26. I've realized now that our world doesn't define us. We define our world. And I hope you'll fill yours with as much light and happiness as you can.
Shannon Messenger
#27. I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
Marat Safin
#28. I've been thinking about your Father a lot lately, and I've realized something. I married Gary specifically for the fact that he wasn't Curtis. If your Father has an opposite, it's Gary. I just need to decide if I want to spend the rest of my life with someone I married by default.
Matthew Norman
#29. One of the things I've realized in my decades on this planet is that the world goes on no matter what, and if we are to survive with any amount of grace we all need little oases of tranquility and sanity in our lives. For me, an evening of wine in good company is just such a place.
Dave Chambers
#30. I value my health and my happiness. And I've realized exercise can give me both of those things.
Lena Dunham
#31. One thing I've realized is that my life in its entirety is more important than any one aspect of it. And the sad truth is that until I met you I didn't have anything else.
Tiffanie DeBartolo
#32. I have walked away from friendships when I've realized that someone smiles to someone's face and talks about them the minute they walk out of a room. I have no room in my life for that kind of negative energy anymore.
Sophia Bush
#33. The place that interests me most, actually, is the United States. I've realized that I haven't traveled much in the States. There's a lot to see.
Paul Theroux
#34. I've realized that my ... let me call it 'destiny' or some force that has pushed me to identify looking for your comfort zone as a kind of limitation. And everybody has a tendency to fall into the comfort zone. I did that in the early stage of my career.
Irrfan Khan
#35. At one moment, I thought that if I didn't do a picture in a certain way, then it wasn't a 'Mario Testino Picture.' And I've realized that Mario Testino is everything, Mario Testino is whatever he feels like being, because it always ends up looking like me, whatever I do.
Mario Testino
#36. All of my girlfriends have been actors, and I've realized that maybe it's not for me - and find something else outside of the industry.
Jesse Spencer
#37. If you are not a clearly defined human being, it is very hard to define your image ... What I've realized in my own journey in fashion is that I'm not that defined.
Evangeline Lilly
#38. What I've realized is that a film operates both on the intellectual and emotional levels, and if you can find a way to tell a riveting story and draw ideas out of that, it's very powerful.
Dinesh D'Souza
#39. I've realized that you can never be your best self without extra bandwidth to think clearly, give to others, and appreciate sunrises and sunsets.
Glynnis MacNicol
#40. Over the years, I've realized that I have as much in common with the performance artist, the standup comedian, the screenwriter, as I do with the theologian. I'm in an odd world where I make things and share them with people.
Rob Bell
#41. I've realized the most effective writing and living are done when we are willing to be vulnerable. I think we spend most of our lives trying to cover up our insecurities.
Katie Kiesler
#42. There's nothing wrong with someone saving my life, I've realized, especially when I can't trust myself to get the job done right. People need people. That's that.
Adam Silvera
#43. I mean, I've - these other films were flukes. I don't know what I'm doing. I should just quit. What would I miss? I'd miss my house and I'd miss going to work. But I think the thing that I've realized I would miss most is probably similar to everybody, which is your friends.
Pete Docter
#44. I use to worry about how hard it would be to stay the same. So I changed. Then I worried about how hard it would be to change. So, I stayed the same. Somewhere between staying the same and changing and changing and staying the same I've realized that worrying doesn't change anything.
Kimberley Alecia Smith
#45. Getting old is horrible, but it is interesting ... one of the things I've realized is that growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.
Sebastian Horsley
#46. Along my path, I've realized that this comedy/drama balance is something that's really interesting to me, and I feel, like, authentic to my voice.
Lisa Cholodenko
#47. I've realized that although Valentine's Day can be a cheesy money-making stint to most people, it's a day of expressing love across the world. It doesn't have to only be between lovers, but by telling a friend that you care, or even an old person that they are still appreciated.
Reeva Steenkamp
#48. I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids.
Kristi Yamaguchi
#49. You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But as I was writing them, I didn't feel a part of any tradition. I think that would have been too overwhelming, in a sense.
Jhumpa Lahiri
#50. One thing I've realized about new places is that they're like jeans. Sure, they might fit in, but they're not comfortable. They need time to be broken in
Robyn Schneider
#51. The longer I've been doing this, the more I've realized that you have no idea what kinds of roles are possible for you - dream roles can take you by surprise. That being said, I need to play Hamlet one day. I'd also love to be in a play that I have written myself.
Jake Epstein
#53. Our lives on earth aren't just placeholders until we go to heaven. We are to create, cultivate, and redeem while we're here. The misconception, I've realized, has come from a lack of knowledge of why we were created.
Jefferson Bethke
#54. Today, I am doing well in every aspect of my life. But, this is only because I've realized that I can do it.
Mohith Agadi
#55. What I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children - all of our children - a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
Barack Obama
#56. I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.
Tommy Bolin
#57. As I've gotten older, I've realized that things are a lot more permeable. It's not so black and white: not every journalist is a jerk.
Kathleen Hanna
#58. I've realized that it's important to stop trying to think I'm any one thing. People are confused as to their identity and try to cling to one aspect of that identity to describe what they are: American, Republican, Muslim. These are really incomplete.
Mohsin Hamid
#59. I'm not gonna be able to grow a beard. I've realized my limitations as a human.
Danny Pudi
#60. Just being a human being, I've realized that before every big problem you create for yourself, before every huge mess you have to clean up, there was a crucial moment where you could've just said no.
Taylor Swift
#61. When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.
Ben Stein
#62. What I've realized is that we're our own harshest critics. We give ourselves limitations. But I want to push through that wall, on a creative and personal level.
Carla Gugino
#63. I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.
Kohei Uchimura
#64. I guess, like most foreigners, when you're away, you see your own culture being even more strange. But where I come from and my roots mean a lot. I miss my family and my friends. Something I've realized as I've been traveling is that it's more about the actual people than the actual place.
Alicia Vikander
#65. I've realized that I have a lot of different loves, and I want to pursue writing, but I can never divorce myself from music.
Carrie Brownstein
#66. I've realized you can use a fork as a spoon if you use it rapidly enough.
John Mayer
#67. Mostly because I've realized what a lame teenager I was. I was always home at the stroke of midnight; I didn't like drinking mash; I didn't have sex. I read books and had an inferiority complex because I was afraid to do all that other stuff. I don't know anything about being a badass punk rocker.
Karin Tidbeck
#68. I've realized skinny isn't necessarily attractive. Guys like girls with curves.
Nina Dobrev
#69. I don't know if I've ever been in a clique. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized what a true friend really is. So my friendship circle has changed a bit.
Aimee Teegarden
#70. That's what all art is for. Your creations can become anything to anyone. I've realized there's nothing wrong with letting people escape for a few hours. Plus you should hear about all the sex lives I'm saving.
Karina Halle
#71. I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.
Tessa Thompson
#72. You don't forget the people you love," she told him. "That's what I've realized. They just get farther away. Like a spyglass turned around. Annie to Pete
Alice Hoffman
#73. I consider myself someone who takes a lot of beauty risks, and I've realized what I liar I am. I change my hair a lot, from blue to blonde to bald, but I'm trying to branch out a little more with makeup.
Halsey
#74. As I've gotten older, I've realized my true models are my parents. My mom is like a sheroe. My dad is so strong.
Zendaya
#75. Five years ago, when I was elected, I had the feeling that the president doesn't have much to do. I've realized, though, that this is not a rubber-stamp position.
Pratibha Patil
#76. I think what I've realized is, life is all about climbing up, slipping down, and picking yourself up again. And it doesn't matter if you slip down. As long as you're kind of heading more or less upwards. That's all you can hope for. More or less upwards.
Sophie Kinsella
#77. I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.
Nicholas Hoult
#78. Every time I've learned something, I've realized there are a hundred more things I don't know about the thing I just learned.
Don Cheadle
#79. I've realized I have to be very careful in what I say. I speak my heart out. Such honesty is not appreciated in the film industry. Instead, it is twisted and distorted. A lot of what I say is lost in translation.
Sonam Kapoor
#80. I've learned more about myself in solitude. I've both driven myself crazy and found peace. I've realized the power in just letting shit be.
Reyna Biddy
#81. Value the quality of your articles over the number of articles you write. I know a lot of bloggers focus on writing as many articles as possible, but I've realized over the years that you cannot sacrifice quality if you wish to build a loyal following on your blog.
Jeet Banerjee
#82. When I was willing to let go of what I wanted, I received what was truly mine. I've realized that the latter is always the greater gift.
Anita Moorjani
#83. But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.
Jane Lynch
#84. I've realized that aging is the younger cousin of dying ... How much time do I have left? We become aware that we're on the downside of the mountain, coasting toward our final days.
Elizabeth Lesser
#85. There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.
Katy Perry
#86. I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the dialogue and then the performance comes around.
Steven Knight
#87. In Texas, you just learn just be nice to people and respect them, and respect where they're coming from. And understand people have different backgrounds and opinions, and there's nothing you could do about it. And that's what I've realized to shape, I guess, who I am.
Jordan Spieth
#88. You may not like what's happening, but just accept it, and let's try to live together. Even if you feel angry, let's be patient and endure, let's try to live together. I've realized that this is the only way forward.
Hayao Miyazaki
#89. What I've realized, and had to become comfortable with, is that I'm just, I don't think, a star. I'm an actor.
Tim Daly
#90. Talking about my personal life onstage, I've realized I'm not one of those comics who can do that. I can allude to it but I don't want to be a confessional performer ...
David Rees
#91. I've realized that in all the great stories, even if there's a happily-ever-after ending, there's something sad.
Emma Thompson
#92. I've realized the future is different for each of us. For some it's fifty years, for others it's ten months, and sometimes it's just a few minutes. I don't know how long mine is, but I know how I want to spend it.
Romina Russell
#93. I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.
Thomas A. Edison
#94. I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'
Laura Prepon
#95. I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the process of writing a first draft how it's all going to turn out.
Laurie Foos
#96. I think we all have madness in us, it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out.
John Glover
#97. I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like doing independent New York theater because you don't have any backgrounds or props. So it's kind of like making the lowest budgeted film you could possibly imagine, plus $100 million.
Emile Hirsch
#98. Our love isn't the sick and sticky splendor of teenage ardor, I've realized. It's sharp, slicing - a knife to the heart, followed by the quick stitching of its two halves back together again.
Logan Keys
#99. Throughout my career, I've realized that there are a lot of great opportunities out there to be associated with programming. It may have started elsewhere, as Crimson Petal did in the UK. So, our main strategy for Encore is to go through those types of partnership acquisitions.
Chris Albrecht
#100. I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.
Tom DeLonge
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