real Quotes

“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”

“Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.”

“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”

“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?”

“The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are.”

“We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.”

“So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.”

“A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.”

“People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.”

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”