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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.

Without words to objectify and categorize our sensations and place them in relation to one another, we cannot evolve a tradition of what is real in the world.

Quotes by Ruth Hubbard

Who I am on stage is just an amped up version of who I am in real life.

Quotes by Russell Peters

Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.

Quotes by Russell Smith

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

Quotes by Russel Honore

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

Quotes by Russell Baker

One of the things I have tried to do with this book and with all of them really is avoid that simple, easy, reductionist view of motivation and to show we do things for a complex net of reasons, a...

Quotes by Russell Banks

I have no real regrets.

Quotes by Ruskin Bond

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

Quotes by Russ Feingold

I was watching a Storyville documentary called 'Blackfish' about killer whales in captivity. I was emotionally drained by the end. It revealed a real behind-the-scenes truth on what we do with animals.

Quotes by Rupert Evans

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things.

Quotes by Rudolf Christoph Eucken

It is good to have aspirations, but we have to be real.

Quotes by Ruben Neves

I think I look good. I think I look real good.

Quotes by Ruben Studdard

I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

Quotes by Roy Romer

My Jiu Jitsu is with the gi. It's the real style of Jiu Jitsu, it's with the gi and I fight MMA.

Quotes by Royce Gracie

You play for a club like Real Madrid, the people outside start talking.

Quotes by Royston Drenthe

If I could wave a wand, I would order another season of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' That's a show with a real voice.

Quotes by Roy Price

A-Frame was a real, pivotal moment because that's where I really got to channel a lot of emotions.

Quotes by Roy Choi

I'm a firm believer in smiles. I used to believe that everything had to be a belly laugh. But I've come to realize that a real sincere smile is mighty powerful.

Quotes by Roy Clark

Numerals are images of amounts. But the amounts they represent are real.

Quotes by Roy H. Williams

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.