Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin
For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are
Niccolo Machiavelli
The first step in the risk management process is to acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic that substitutes deliberate ignorance for thoughtful planning.
Charles Tremper
Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can inspire people to take action that will make the situation better.
John Kotter
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Albert Einstein
The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity
George Santayana
Reality is not always probable, or likely.
Jorge Luis Borges
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.
Salman Rushdie
The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality.
Bob Marley
Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you
Alex Haley
Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry
Georges Braque
Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present
Jean Paul Richter