Famous Quotes & Sayings

William James

Voices of the glorified urge us onward. They who have passed from the semblances of time to the realities of eternity call upon us to advance. The rest that awaits us invites us forward. We do not pine for our rest before God wills it. We long for no inglorious rest. We are thankful rather for the invaluable training of difficulty, the loving discipline of danger and strife. Yet in the midst of it all the prospect of rest invites us heavenward. Through all, and above all, God cries, "Go forward!" "Come up higher!

William James

For the moment, what we attend to is reality.

William Gibson

"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.

Whitley Strieber

In a reality made of energy, thoughts may literally be things. What if it was intended that we create our own realities after death?

Sara Gilbert

I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.

Samuel P. Huntington

People everywhere talk about Islam and the West. Presumably that has some relationship to reality, that these are entities that have some meaning and they do. Of course the core ofthat reality is differences in religion.

Samuel Smiles

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Conservatism is the politics of reality

William F. Buckley, Jr.

I've always believed that conservatism is the politics of reality, and that reality ultimately asserts itself in a reasonably free society, in behalf of the conservative position.

William F. Buckley, Jr.

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

William Faulkner

There is that might-have-been which is the single rock we cling to above the maelstrom of unbearable reality.

William Faulkner

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Willard Libby

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

Whoopi Goldberg

I have a [production] company, and we work with [reality TV producers] 44 Blue. They asked if we'd like to get involved. When they explained that it was the first transgender modeling agency, we said, "Yeah, of course!"

Warren G. Bennis

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Tracy Morgan

My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.

Tori Amos

You decide whether you look at your reality or live pretending these feelings don't exist.

Tori Amos

Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change. Because, if it does change, then it won't have anything to complain about.

Vanessa Hudgens

I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.

Valerie June

I create my own reality. And I'm not the only one. My reality is becoming more prominent.

Uma Thurman

I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.

Richard Dawkins

The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.

Richard Dawkins

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.

Richard Dawkins

Science is the poetry of reality.

Robinson Jeffers

They import and they consume reality.

Robert Ringer

Reality isn't the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be but the way they actually are.

Robert Reich

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

Robert Redford

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.

Robert Redford

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can't deliver the emotions to your script there's no point to your story. Story is the key.

Robert Neelly Bellah

The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.

Robert Creeley

No matter how wild reality was obviously often being, it was an absolutely secure place, as a tone and intelligence, and a thing happening.

Rob Enderle

The physics chip adds a level of reality in games we just haven't been able to get.

Rob Conway

Motorola has led the mobile phone industry in turning our vision of low- cost, yet quality, handsets for the developing world into a reality. In so doing, Motorola has played a major role in transforming the mobile phone from a luxury item for the few into an affordable tool for the many.