chiaroscuro

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” ~ William Arthur Ward

“The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless”

“While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” - Jack Welsh

“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

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away” ~ Philip K. Dick