Leanne Caret Quotes

I consider myself a realist.

I'm a realist and I always have been.

I'm a realist.

I'm always being realistic.

I'm not a Pollyanna; I'm a pragmatist.

You can't be idealistic in this world and not be crazy.

I am not an idiot, and I'm not a Pollyanna sort of kumbaya type.

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

I'm very practical and realistic.

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.

The problem with Raven is that she's so smart, so sometimes it's hard for her to be hopeful or idealistic, because she's so realistic. So even if she's working on a solution, she's not proud of it until it's concrete.

God save me from idealists.

You're a cynic," Urgit accused. Silk shook his head. "No, Your Majesty. I'm a realist.

I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist.

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.

I like to think I'm some savage realist.

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.

Anyone familiar with my work knows I'm no sappy sentimentalist.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

I think I'm pragmatic.

People say you must be pragmatic, more clinical. More pragmatic than me? I'm sorry.

One cannot afford to be a realist.

There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.

I'm sick of my own romanticism!