Harsh Realities Quotes

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

There are many hard truths that we must face in life.

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

There is no man so friendless but that he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.

… facts are like cows. If you stare them in the face hard enough, they generally run away.

Getting back to the point, a guy like Jerry, he deals with the business, and he doesn't see it as being evil or ugly, it's what you have to do, and I mean I know there's some really ugly parts to it and parts which drive me nuts, but not in the same way as music business.

A lot of things have hurt me about the industry. I don't want to be very vocal about this but it's an everyday fight with Bollywood. It's like a love hate relationship.

Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.

Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions.

When you've come face-to-face with the dark side of the school yard, life doesn't hold many surprises.

The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic.

I had a very good time when I did The Gleaners - even though the people are poor, and I was suffering to see the conditions, and plus they are not such lovely hearts. They are tough to each other, they beat each other, they are rude and they are violent and they drink. They're not sweethearts, you know, but some were so interesting.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.

You wouldn't want to be in a rock band - trust me.

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

Everything can't be sweet. Everything can't be peaches and cream.

I just don’t see how anyone can be so cold. (Kiara) And you should be grateful, little girl, to whatever god you worship, that you can say that. In the world we come from, I don’t understand how anyone can be anything but cold. (Syn)

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the young know they are wretched for they are full of the truthless ideals which have been instilled in them, and each time they come into contact with the real, they are bruised and wounded.

The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men's eyes.

Sleep every chance you get. Eat every chance you get. Those were two of the many lessons that Kat learned at her father’s knee and her uncle’s table.

Americans like to believe we can overcome all obstacles and always triumph in the end, but that's not real life and a steady diet of stories like that will give you a pretty unhealthy view of reality.