Realist
One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.
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Realist Quotations
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
Eric Hoffer
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
People want a cop-out, listen I'm a realist and I talk about motivation, talk about all the things it takes to be greater or are important to win and people want to use excuses all the time.
Mike Ditka
I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.
Clay Aiken
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
Sydney J. Harris
I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible.
Todd Gitlin
I have a lot of courage. I'm a realist.
Elisabeth Rohm
I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.
James Earl Jones
Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.
Studs Terkel
Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.
David Ben-Gurion
Realist Translations
realist in Dutch is realist
realist in German is Realist
realist in Hungarian is realista, gyakorlatias ember, realista ember
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