Joseph Conrad Quotes

All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.

I like to think I'm some savage realist.

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

I don’t bluff, but I do act with realism.

To be a Conservative is to prefer the tried to the untried, the fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the super-abundant, the convenient to the perfect present, laughter to utopian bliss.

Wherever people feel safe — they will be indifferent.

I'm sick of my own romanticism!

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

We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.

People all over the nation are starved for honesty and common sense.

I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

I'm a realist.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Be sensible, that is, cease to be honest.

I consider myself a realist.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

I like stability in a man, honesty, and security about who you are and what you think of yourself.

Not just in films, even in life, if you choose to live in a space that is comfortable, you'll do fine.

I'm very much a realist.

God save me from idealists.

Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it." "Are you saying we shouldn't hope?" "I'm saying we should remove the carrot and walk forward with our eyes open!