R Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with R. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Real security is contemplating death, not pretending it doesn't exist.”
“Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable prosperity.”
“Real self love is sensual living.”
“Real self-worth comes from mastery, from getting good at something. It doesn't matter what. Then you don't have to worry about empty compliments. You don't worry about what other people think. You have self-respect.”
Source: Crash Into Me
“Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it. It is great if you can instill in children the ability to not give up, to have a work ethic.”
“Real separation, to me, is the death of love. Any other - parting - well, it just isn't real.”
“Real serious waiting is done in waiting rooms, and what they all have in common is their purpose, or purposelessness, if you will; they are places for doing nothing and they have no life of their own. ... their one constant is what might be called a decorative rigor mortis.”
Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?
“Real seriousness in regard to writing being one of the two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.”
“Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.”
“Real sex is as much about reciprocity as it is exploration and if you need a reason to resent a man later on, just consider the guy who doesn’t believe in cunnilingus...”
Source: Real Secrets of Sex: A Women's Guide on How to Be Good in Bed
“Real sex is worship, not just physical performance.”
“Real sexual conversations are enormously intimate and beautiful because they reveal so much about who we are and what we want. What are the emotional needs we bring to our sexuality and how do we connect to ourselves and connect to a partner? There's such a rich tapestry that can be revealed, but the vast majority of couples have never had those talks.”
“Real shapes and real patterns are things you would observe in nature, like the marks on the back of a cobra's hood or the markings on a fish or a lizard. Imaginary shapes are just that, symbols that come to a person in dreams or reveries and are charged with meaning.”
“Real sharpness comes without effort.”
“Real, she is learning, is a slippery thing, not a solid black line but a shape with soft edges, a great deal of gray.”
“Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination”
“real silence is silence without words, silence that speak words in silence and silence that talks better than words”
“Real slow hits from the bong...
Make me feel like Cheech,
And I'm kickin' it with Chong.”
“Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people.”
“Real social progress is always a widening of the circle of concern and protection. It's respect and empathy overtaking blindness and indifference. It's understanding that by the true measure, we are all neighbors and countrymen, call to each one of us to know what is right and kind and just and to go and do likewise.”
“Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say it is finished.”
“Real software engineers don't debug programs, they verify correctness. This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a computer, except perhaps a Correctness Verification Aid package. Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.”
“Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.”
“Real sorcery was not particularly spectacular, despite the flash and gunpowder one might see devoted to making ritual convincing when it came to stage plays.”
Source: New Amsterdam
“Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.”
“Real sorrow is incompatible with hope. No matter how great that sorrow may be, hope raises it one hundred cubits higher.”
“Real Soul [Self, Atma] sees everyone as without faults (nirdosh). Therefore there is no such thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ there. When others are seen as faultless, bliss arises.”
Source: The Flawless Vision
“Real soul work knows there is no such thing as the other. The other is a myth, and a fabrication of an imperfect mind. A true being of light, fully possessed of itself and cognizant of its presence, sees only fellow beings of the one light whose individual brightness is sometimes dimming. To this end, your greatest mission in human form is to help others shine brightly as the angels they have forgotten they are. When you live like this, perceived darkness is but a fading shadow on the bright pane of existence, and only light goes on forever.”
Source: The Angel's Guide to Taking Human Form
“Real soup is to the body what peace is to the soul.”
“Real soy sauce is as complex as a fine wine- fruity, earthy, floral also can, lah." Uncle Robert pointed out the lively acidity of the light soy sauce in comparison to the rich, mellow sweetness of the dark one. Light soy, he explained, was used for seasoning and dipping; dark soy was used for cooking because its flavors developed under heat.”
Source: Soy Sauce for Beginners
“Real space movies have to involve zero gravity and a world without up or down.”
“Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.”
Source: Pilgrimage
“Real spiritual growth is always growth downward, so to speak, into profounder humility, which in healthy souls will become more and more apparent as they age.”
“Real spiritual journey in life is the discovery of self. I think once you take all the religious bullshit away from Jesus Christ, it's saying it's about this journey of discovering who you are, and what's really important in life is simply love. That the journey of civilization, the journey of understanding, is forgiveness, is empathy. And that's what humanity is striving for.”
“Real spirituality and love is always manifest. It always goes to those who are with us and around us.”
“Real spirituality is going through fire. Real spirituality is rebellion against all that is rotten, against all that is past, against all that is being forced on you by others, against all conditionings. Real spirituality is the greatest rebellion there is. It is risky, it is adventurous, it is dangerous. So beware of pseudo spirituality which is always there, available, easily available at the door.”
“Real spirituality isn't scented with lavender, but soaked in sweat of struggle for equality.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Real strength entails being considerate and supportive of people's feelings.”
Source: Mary Kay, You Can Have it All: Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur
“Real strength has to do with helping others.”
Source: Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
“Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard.”
“Real strength is not based on how much you can take. Real strength is based on how much you can give and help others grow.”
“real strength is not hitting when what you most want to do is kill.”
“Real strength isn’t control. It’s knowing when to let go.”
“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it, and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.”
Source: Moby Dick
“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
Source: Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20)
“Real style is never right or wrong. It's a matter of being yourself on purpose.”
Source: True Style: The History and Principles of Classic Menswear
“Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis.”
“Real success always contains an unseen essential of deep spirituality.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Real success and accomplishment, at whatever it is you are passionate about, requires real work. Real sacrifice. Real disappointment. Real failure. And it requires the ability to scrape your sorry ass up off the floor, stumble to your feet, wipe the rivulets of watery drool from your face, and do it again, like an obstinate toddler running against the wall with his head in a bucket.”
“Real success comes in small portions day by day.”
Source: Being the best