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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.

The only real failure to me is if you don't finish something.

Quotes by Josh Malerman

When people are performing in a musical, everybody is intuitively drawn to the right pitch. You don't want to be too broad that people can't relate to it, so it has to have some grounding in the real world.

Quotes by Josh Gordon

The Onion Field made a real writer. And then I knew it was over, I couldn't be a cop anymore.

Quotes by Joseph Wambaugh

There's nothing as real as money.

Quotes by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

Quotes by Joseph de Maistre

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

Quotes by Joseph Brodsky

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.

Quotes by Josefina Vazquez Mota

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Quotes by Joseph Addison

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Quotes by Joseph Barbera

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

Quotes by Joseph Barbera

Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.

Quotes by Josef Albers

At first we got along real well. Now... it's pretty much just a professional relationship.

Quotes by Jose Carreras

Your real feelings are inside you.

Quotes by Jose Carreras

I've been a fan of Elvis since I was 11, so for me, it was a real thrill to make an album of all my favorite Elvis songs.

Quotes by Jose Feliciano

Google's real threat to China is not that it will leave the country. It's that it will embarrass China and damage its national reputation as a place to do business.

Quotes by Jose Ferreira

I think that a lot of us at home are iron chefs in their own right in that we have to come up with meals real quickly.

Quotes by Jose Garces

Under my real name, Pepe Sosa, I recorded 'El Mundo' by Jimmy Fontana and 'Ma Vie' by Alain Barrier.

Quotes by Jose Jose

I have two young sons that are very interested and work in real estate. I made it a policy they need to work five years in progressively responsible jobs outside of the company, preferably in New York, and then get...

Quotes by Jorge M. Perez

I'm a real fighter.

Quotes by Jorge Masvidal

I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.

Quotes by Jonathan Van Ness

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.