“President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.” WorldWantShouldYearsSaidWarCountryTurnsPresidentDemocracyAchieveStyleCapacityWesternSecureAspirationRealisticAfghanistanPresident ObamaPoorest Author:David Petraeus
“It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of religion that suggests that if we are good we shall be happy. On the contrary, it is fiercely and even harshly realistic, insisting that there are certain eternal achievements that make even happiness look like trash.” IfsShouldLooksKindIdeasSeemsCertainChristianityAchievementEternalShould HaveContraryRealisticWorldlyTrashUnrealInsistingIdealistic Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.” ShouldWholeRealityChoicesGivenPaintingFeaturesCaptureRealisticRealismProminence Author:Alain de Botton
“Economics never was a dismal science. It should be a realistic science.” ShouldEconomicsRealistic Author:Paul Samuelson