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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.

If somebody honks a horn in Cleveland, they're saying 'Hi.' It's so rare to be honked at in anger. When we have merging traffic, we just interweave. There's real courtesy.

Quotes by Mary Doria Russell

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

Quotes by Mary Douglas

Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.

Quotes by Mary Baker Eddy

I like acting very much because I don't get punched, and it's not real.

Quotes by Marvin Hagler

On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut.

Quotes by Marvin Olasky

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Quotes by Mary Astell

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

Quotes by Marty Meehan

A ban on paid priority is central to any real net neutrality proposal, beginning with the Snowe-Dorgan Bill of 2006. Indeed, the notion of 'payment for priority' is what started the net neutrality fight.

Quotes by Marvin Ammori

My writing, it's mostly fiction, but I want it to feel intimate and real.

Quotes by Martine Syms

Crucial to science education is hands-on involvement: showing, not just telling; real experiments and field trips and not just 'virtual reality.'

Quotes by Martin Rees

My plays are always pushing towards cinema anyway. They're down and dirty, real and more fun.

Quotes by Martin McDonagh

It is Cameron's cabinet of millionaires who are the real spongers given free rein to live out their Thatcherite fantasies at the expense of ordinary, decent communities throughout these islands.

Quotes by Martin McGuinness

It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.

Quotes by Martin Fry

There is no reason why T-Mobile can't be successful on its own and the only real reason AT&T would want to own T-Mobile is to increase its exclusivity by owning more spectrum.

Quotes by Martin Cooper

Inflation is lower and more stable and the real business cycle fluctuations are more modest.

Quotes by Martin Feldstein

I'll be honest: I had a real deep-seated fear that 'Buffy' was going to be my peak. It was such a beautiful experience. It was such a fully realized show.

Quotes by Marti Noxon

It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?

Quotes by Martin Bashir

Here, anyone can become president. We've had haberdashers, generals, lawyers, peanut farmers, community organizers and a real estate developer, to name a few. But perhaps no one had a better resume than George H.W. Bush.

Quotes by Martha MacCallum

I love real maple syrup.

Quotes by Martha MacCallum

Sexism is real.

Quotes by Martha McSally

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.