“I was giving up--being realistic, as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.”
“believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.”
“Being realistic is the quickest path to mediocrity.”
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”
“We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.”
“I sing to the realists .People who accept it like it is .”