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Thomas SowellReality does not go away when it is ignored.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

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William JamesThoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Stanislaw Jerzy LecNever turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.

—  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims

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Wallace StevensIn the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Albert EinsteinReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Jean Jacques RousseauThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

—  Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, Swiss-French philosopher

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Wolfgang GoetheLove is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.

—  Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832, German poet & philosopher

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George OrwellReality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

—  George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer

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Ayn RandYou can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Marcel ProustAll the mind's activity is easy if it is not subjected to reality.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Jean AnouilhI like reality. It tastes like bread.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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Fernando PessoaI wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me.

—  Fernando Pessoa, 1888-1935, Portuguese poet & writer

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Wallace StevensReality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Karl LagerfeldI’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Albert EinsteinIn so far as theories of mathematics speak about reality, they are not certain, and in so far as they are certain, they do not speak about reality.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

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Friedrich NietzscheIn Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher

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Douglas AdamsReality is frequently inaccurate.

—  Douglas Adams, 1952-2001, British Sci-Fi writer

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Philip DickReality denied comes back to haunt.

—  Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer

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Wallace StevensIt is never the thing but the version of the thing.

—  Wallace Stevens, 1879-1955, American poet

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Jean BaudrillardThe world has become so real that this reality is only bearable at the expense of perpetual denial. “This is not a world,” after “this is not a pipe.”

—  Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007, French intellectual

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Cyril ConnollyEverything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.

—  Cyril Connolly, 1903-1974, British writer

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Timothy LearyAny reality is an opinion -we make up our own reality.

—  Timothy Leary, 1920-1996, American psychologist

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Charles de GaulleNo policy is worth anything outside of reality.

—  Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President

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Jean AnouilhThere is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

—  Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987, French playwright

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Jean-Luc GodardSometime reality is too complex. Stories give it form.

—  Jean-Luc Godard, 1930-2022, French film director

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T. S. EliotHumankind cannot bear very much reality.

—  T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965, British poet, Nobel 1948

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Marcel ProustLove is a striking example of how little reality means to us.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Philip DickReality is just a point of view.

—  Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer

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Vladimir NabokovPlay! Invent the world! Invent reality!

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Ambrose BierceReality, n. The dream of a mad philosopher.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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Mignon McLaughlinYoung lovers and young nations face the same problem: after orgasm, what?

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Pablo PicassoThere is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Pablo PicassoEverything you can imagine is real.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Benjamin DisraeliIf you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Bob MarleyRastafari not a culture, it's a reality.

—  Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer

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Lou HoltzNothing is as good as it seems and nothing is as bad, but somewhere between reality falls.

—  Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach

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Marcel ProustIf we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.

—  Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer

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Bill WattersonIt's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

—  Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist

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Lawrence DurrellI don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.

—  Lawrence Durrell, 1912-1990, British writer

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Cesare PaveseHuman imagination is immensely poorer than reality.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Luigi PirandelloLife is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.

—  Luigi Pirandello, 1867-1936, Italian writer (Nobel 1934)

John SteinbeckI am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.

—  John Steinbeck, 1902-1968, American writer, Nobel 1962

Aldοus HuxleyThe trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

Bertolt BrechtReality changes; in order to represent it, modes of representation must change.

—  Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer

Martin HeideggerThe possible ranks higher than the actual.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Martin HeideggerHow one encounters reality is a choice.

—  Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976, German philosopher

Erica JongPhotographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Hermann HesseThere is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

John Kenneth GalbraithThe enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

—  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006, American-Canadian economist

Jorge Luis BorgesWe accept reality so readily – perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Jorge Luis BorgesReality is not always probable, or likely. But if you're writing a story, you have to make it as plausible as you can, because if not, the reader's imagination will reject it.

—  Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer

Philip RothYou can’t write good satirical fiction in America because reality will quickly outdo anything you might invent.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezSurrealism comes from the reality of Latin America.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Ashleigh BrilliantMy first line of defense against reality is called sleep.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Robert M. PirsigThe past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

—  Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer

Philip DickMaybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans.

—  Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer

Philip DickReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

—  Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer

Philip DickIt is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

—  Philip Dick, 1928-1982, American sci-fi writer

Edgar Allan PoeInvisible things are the only realities.

—  Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, American writer

Arthur Conan DoyleLife is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

—  Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930, British writer

Frida KahloThey thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.

—  Frida Kahlo, 1907-1954, Mexican painter

Susan SontagThe camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Joseph ConradReality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

Funny Quotes

Bill WattersonReality continues to ruin my life.

—  Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist

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Woody AllenI hate reality but it's still the best place to get a good steak.

—  Woody Allen, 1935-, American actor & film director

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Bill WattersonReality continues to ruin my life.

—  Bill Watterson, 1958-, American cartoonist

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