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Reality Quotes

What's real depends on where you're standing.

This set weighs reality against illusion, touching on digital-age facts that can't be hidden, the difference between a screen character and the actor playing tough, and why escapist fantasy still appeals. For adjacent emotional ground, see our Pain quotes.

People need realness, reality. People can sense when someone is being pretentious or fake. It's because you feel it; you see it in someone's body language.

Quotes by Afrojack

Drawing and visual arts was kinda my first passion going all the way back to when I was a kid. I always felt like it was what I was supposed to do - but in reality I don't know that...

Quotes by Aesop Rock

How can our industry better represent the reality of our larger community and provide our next generation a proper example of what they see around them every single day? This representation should also look beyond race and include those of...

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

It's sort of fair to say that Amazons, both as reality and as a dream of equality, have always been with us; it's just that sometimes that fiery Amazon spirit is hidden from view or even suppressed.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

Fate Quotes

I just had a hunch that there might be kernels of truth or reality - scientific or historical reality - in stories about nature that are perpetuated in oral myths. That's how I got interested in it.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.

Quotes by Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

Pakistan doesn't value its artistes. I will get trolled for what I have said, but that is the reality. It is unfortunate.

Quotes by Adnan Sami

The idea of an ordered and elegant universe is a lovely one. One worth clinging to. But you don't need religion to appreciate the ordered existence. It's not just an idea, it's reality. We're discovering the hidden orders of the...

Quotes by Adam Savage

Heart Quotes

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Quotes by Adam Savage

I don't think he has a real concept of reality. To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he's a devout Christian man is completely contradictory.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

I moved back home after graduating from Virginia Tech. And that's when reality hit. I knew I had to do something. I guess it doesn't click when you're that young. I was 19 and had finished college. I got home...

Quotes by Adam Page

I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the...

Quotes by Adam McKay

Neither a success nor by any means a failure, Roku will nevertheless ask public investors for money because they, too, have a right to dream that magic will become reality one day.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

Pain Quotes

All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

Quotes by Adam Lambert

The reader feels as if he is in Chongjin, where starving people ate the bark off trees; or atop Mount Taesong with the elite of Pyongyang, whose existence is a mix of sadism and whimsy; or with the masses who...

Quotes by Adam Johnson

I'm still awaiting the idea of drawing comics for a living being a reality. I feel like I've been dodging work for 20 years, and at some point, I'll have to get a real job.

Quotes by Adam Hughes

Creativity is generating ideas that are novel and useful. I define originals as people who go beyond dreaming up the ideas and take initiative to make their visions a reality.

Quotes by Adam Grant

In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.

Quotes by Adam Grant

Past Quotes

The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.

Quotes by Adam Grant

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote connecting reality to WikiLeaks and cryptography?
Yes, one quote says: "I think that the people who are trying to shut down WikiLeaks are going to have to accept this as a fact of reality that cryptography allows you to do this kind of thing."
What does the quote about reflections say about understanding reality?
One quote uses the idea of a reflection to explain how distance can help us understand something better: "A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enough away so that you really understand it." It adds, "There is real life in this movie." If you like this reflective tone, our Past quotes explore similar ideas about looking back to understand better.
Is there a quote where reality contrasts with a tough on-screen character?
Yes, one quote admits a gap between a role and real life: "My character in 'Prison Break' needs to be formidable. In reality, I'm not very tough at all." For more on this kind of honest vulnerability, see our Pain quotes.
Is there a quote about escaping reality through fantasy?
Yes, one quote describes loving "the ultimate escapism of paranormal and fantasy" and how it can "transport both reader and writer away from reality for a while." If that pull toward the unknown interests you, our Fate quotes touch on similar ideas of things beyond our control.
Where can I find more reflective quotes about life and reality?
Our Heart quotes are a good next stop if you enjoy this kind of thoughtful, reflective tone.

If the past shapes how someone sees the present, our Past collection fits well alongside this one, and Fate quotes explore what feels inevitable rather than chosen.