Realizing Quotes

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

I'm not much of an actor, I'm realizing.

There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes things worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger.

I didn't realize what fun it was [ been a reporter].

The living always get over the dead. That’s what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, they’d only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.

Part of what I love about getting older is realizing that there's something perfect in the imperfection. It's all very human.

That is the freakiest thing that ever happened to me.” I nodded toward the mess. “And if you knew my life, you’d realize just how freaky that is.

Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.

Most Americans want a sense of privacy. A lot of us don't realize how much of our privacy we're exposing by the internet.

I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to fantasy stories than elves and wizards and goblin armies.

You realize that we only have so much time, and whatever you want to do in life, you need to do it now. There's no time to wait.

If we're lucky we realize that life is really about family - your children, your family and your friends. Without that, the rest is hollow.

The true lover realizes that freedom is needed for loyalty to blossom.

The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own destiny, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of.

The closer one gets to realizing his destiny, the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being.

It is a rare expert who clearly realizes how inexpert someone else can be.

At some point, we realize that what we do for ourselves benefits others, and what we do for others benefits us.

Realize that the banality around us that passes as "hipness" or "mass culture" is as satisfying as "mass food"-only it comes in much more unappetizing portions.

I ended up realizing that NASA was unlikely to get me into space, or get me to the moon or beyond, and I needed some other way to drive this.

The whole dissident idea attracts a lot of crazies. And then all of a sudden, without realizing it, you've become one of them.

Refined religion is aimed at realizing ethical values, including the fostering of human lives and human communities.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.

No one in Washington realizes you can't borrow money endlessly.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.

I didn't realize that diets don't work, and I did not want to diet. I didn't want to do anything that required dieting.

The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me.

Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.

Engage your fans and turn your fans into your community. Realize that we all have failures and can turn those failures into successes through tenacity and through being open to changing.

And it is not repentance that saves me — repentance is only the sign that I realize what God has done through Christ Jesus.

Nothing like a lot of exercise to make you realize you'd rather be lazy and dead sooner.

I used to consider myself as great as a pyramid, and now I realize that I am only a shadow that passes.

It still might be a shock. To realize you are just one story walking among millions.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

At first you think that your sadhana Is a limited part of your life. In time you realize that Everything you do is part of your sadhana.

If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America.

I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it.

I realize my need to be liked or my need for strangers to rate me well, even with their words and their thoughts, I'm not alone in that, and the whole thing is set up culturally so we feel that way.

Life itself is pretty funny when you realize how absurd it can be.

Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X is true, or of why people do Y that Y is good.

Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that.

It's a wonderful feeling to experience a shift when you realize that you have the power to change the patterns within yourself.

I had experiences along the way that helped me to realize that letting go was the way that worked for me to find something that I, personally, as a reader, love to read.

What was transformative was being at the inauguration, reading my poem, and realizing that the quest for home and identity had always been part of my work, but that I'd been home all along.

I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to do.

You are making better progress than you realize.

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

When you get as old as I am, you start to realize that you've told most of the good stuff you know to other people anyway.

I don't deny people their fantasy life, but I do think that we desperately need to start realizing just how complicated our reality is in America. Sitcoms just don't show us that.

For a moment, staring down and realizing what I'd just done, I wanted to throw myself in after him, because surely there was no way I could go on living now.