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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.

I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.

Quotes by Sade Adu

The government believed that adherence to authority was human nature, so the Gezi protests were a real surprise to them. After the initial moment of shock, they decided to severely punish those participating in what they called an act of...

Quotes by Safak Pavey

Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the...

Quotes by Safra A. Catz

The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.

Quotes by Saad Hariri

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

Quotes by S. E. Hinton

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

Quotes by Ryan Sheckler

When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade.

Quotes by Ryan Sypek

Firing insults anonymously behind the keys of a message board, slandering other people's beliefs or opinions, this happens on a daily basis in my comment section or on my feed. Cyber-bullying and, further, online social ignorance, is a very real...

Quotes by Ryan McCartan

No offense to real jobs, but comics seemed a lot more fun.

Quotes by Ryan North

My first real venture was a paintball company I started in Grade 10, when I was 16. After hearing about it from a friend, I realized my town didn't have a playing field. I did some research, spoke with other...

Quotes by Ryan Holmes

I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would...

Quotes by Ryan Giggs

The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.

Quotes by Ruud van Nistelrooy

If you start to find that kind of luxury as a normal thing, you don't belong in the real world.

Quotes by Ruud van Nistelrooy

The power of real debate is in the language and intellectual honesty of the debaters, alongside the engagement of spectators.

Quotes by Ruzwana Bashir

When the real world intrudes on your musical fantasies, I get put out.

Quotes by Ry Cooder

With country, it's hard to penetrate the thick layers of commercialism that have been applied like shellac coatings over the real thing.

Quotes by Ry Cooder

Music is all starting to sound alike in the modern era. Afro-pop sounds exactly like L.A. pop - there's no difference, no ambience, no real resonance.

Quotes by Ry Cooder

The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.

Quotes by Ruth Park

I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me.

Quotes by Ruth Buzzi

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.

Quotes by Ruth Handler

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.