Recognizing Real Quotes

#1. Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

J.G. Ballard

#2. Of course, a woman's choice to go out into the world is a very significant thing. But part of real liberation is recognizing that mothering is every bit as important as other kinds of work. I actually believe it's more important than anything we do out in the world.

Marianne Williamson

#3. No pressure, Jack. All we need is a miracle.

Kenneth Eade

#4. Without stories, we'd have even more trouble recognizing what's real.

Amy Neftzger

#5. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real.

Carl Jung

#6. Slowly, he leaned toward my face.
"My name is David, and I am real."
I blinked, recognizing the voice at once.
"I win," he grinned.

Nely Cab

#7. Follow your dreams and believe in yourself.

K.D. Jones

#8. I've never thought of myself as an actor, so somebody recognizing me for that would be a real shock.

Lena Dunham

#9. There are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat.

Peter Beinart

#10. Desire and happiness cannot live together.

Epictetus

#11. Like the rest of the genetic lottery, beauty is unfair. Everyone falls short of perfection, but some are luckier than others. Real confidence requires self-knowledge, which includes recognizing one's shortcomings as well as one's strengths.

Virginia Postrel

#12. There was an anchor, tied around both of his ankles, and it was taking him deep, into black fathomless depths, drowning him slowly but surely.
I didn't tell him that he was dragging me down with him.

R.K. Lilley

#13. One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?

Franz Schubert

#14. I spend way too much time watching television, going to sports games, going to movies. It struck me that there's an awful lot of data in the public domain for these sectors. The movie industry publishes weekly sales numbers - not many industries do.

Anita Elberse

#15. The mind, of course, is just what the brain does for a living.

Sharon Begley

#16. Those who have read my stories already, are the ones who were meant to read them.

Randal Licato

#17. There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

Oprah Winfrey

#18. Redemption in Christ Jesus is the grace rebirth.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#19. Human beings mistakenly believed alcohol was a disguise that stopped real life from recognizing them. In fact, it was just a temporary hiding hole ...

Colin Cotterill

#20. 'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope I to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles.

Channing Tatum

#21. Real change, eternal change, is when your actions are meant to draw you closer to your Lord. The first act of genuine turning is recognizing that what you have done on your own, what you are capable of doing, is not enough. The second act is acknowledging who you are turning toward.

Davis Bunn

#22. A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

Gautama Buddha

#23. Are we the first hominids? I really, really, really doubt it.

Ridley Scott

#24. Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.

Pete Hoekstra

#25. Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

Jim Harrison

#26. Though it may seem counter intuitive to our inner perfectionist, recognizing our mistakes as valuable lessons (not failures) helps us lay the groundwork for later success.

Sharon Salzberg