Logo - Feel The Words

Real Quotes

On staying grounded in what's real.

This set plays with double meanings, from researchers chasing clever ideas over practical relevance to a footballer's memories of a transfer away from a famous Spanish club. For more on genuine feeling, see Like.

My wife is a real camper; it's a nice way to bond.

Quotes by Eric McCormack

You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare.

Quotes by Eric Fellner

It's oftentimes the case that relief workers, people who've been involved in development projects and foreign assistance, have a real understanding of foreign cultures that the military desperately needs if we're going to be able to work effectively.

Quotes by Eric Greitens

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Quotes by Eric Hoffer

Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

Quotes by Eric Bogosian

The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.

Quotes by Eric Braeden

The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.

Quotes by Eric Cantona

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.

Quotes by Eric Church

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

Quotes by Eric Church

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect...

Quotes by Eric Clapton

If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.

Quotes by Eric Close

Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent of additional income gains coming out of the recession went straight into the wallets and purses...

Quotes by Eric Alterman

One of the reasons wrestling works is because it allows people to suspend their disbelief. They may know it's not real, but if it's done well enough, they get sucked into it emotionally. And that's why they watch.

Quotes by Eric Bischoff

Sometimes if I get too aggressive, I get real winded.

Quotes by Eric Bledsoe

I come from a background of experimental music which mingled real sounds together with musical sounds.

Quotes by Ennio Morricone

In my youth, cinemas showed two films in one day. I used to watch both of them. It may sound strange, but 'West Side Story' was the only musical I liked. I didn't like musicals, or films with songs, at...

Quotes by Ennio Morricone

I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation.

Quotes by Enzo Ferrari

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way....

Quotes by Emmy Rossum

I'm even able to have kind of a little bit of a second career in dog rescue. Doesn't pay anything, but it's become a real passion for me.

Quotes by Emmylou Harris

I once heard two ladies going on and on about the pains of childbirth and how men don't seem to know what real pain is. I asked if either of them ever got themselves caught in a zipper.

Quotes by Emo Philips

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about cryptography or technical research?
Yes. One quote observes that a lot of people working in cryptography have no deep concern with real application issues, and are more focused on discovering things clever enough to write papers about. It's a candid critique of research for its own sake. Browse Know quotes for more insight-driven lines.
Does this page include the same baseball confession found on other topic pages?
Yes - one quote here reads: "I never threw the spitter, well maybe once or twice when I really needed to get a guy out real bad." It shows up here because it uses real as an intensifier, alongside its baseball subject matter.
Is there a quote about a football transfer between clubs?
Yes. One quote reflects on being sold from Real Madrid to Inter, saying the speaker would have preferred to have remained in Spain. It's a personal look at how a transfer can feel from the player's side. For more on preferences and personal choices, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote about the movie "Scream"?
Yes - one quote notes that in 'Scream,' there is very real drama that would be in almost any drama, pointing out that even a horror franchise can carry genuine emotional weight. For more reflections on everyday life and entertainment, browse Life quotes.
What does "real" mean across these different quotes?
It covers a lot - real-world application in research, real bad as an intensifier in baseball slang, the real experience of being transferred between football clubs, and the real drama within a horror movie. For more quotes that return to familiar words in new contexts, see Always quotes.

A film quote points to drama that feels real rather than staged, tying the theme back to authenticity in storytelling. Explore related pages such as Know and Life.