Realised Quotes

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
Emo Philips

Work, Him, Night

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Mahatma Gandhi

Sense, Proportion

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
John Lennon

Great, Mind, Reality

You can't live your life blaming your failures on your parents and what they did or didn't do for you. You're dealt the cards that you're dealt. I realised it was a waste of time to be angry at my parents and feel sorry for myself.
Drew Barrymore

Life, Time, Sorry

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.
Henri Nouwen

Love, Loved, Journey

I realised the bohemian life was not for me. I would look around at my friends, living like starving artists, and wonder, 'Where's the art?' They weren't doing anything. And there was so much interesting stuff to do, so much fun to be had... maybe I could even quit renting.
P. J. O'Rourke

And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.
Ayrton Senna

Car, Different, Longer

Then suddenly something just kicked me. I kind of woke up and realised that I was in a different atmosphere than you normally are. My immediate reaction was to back off, slow down.
Ayrton Senna

Down, Different, Off

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.
Jennifer Aniston

Family, Friends, Become

I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life.
Jennifer Aniston

Life, Living, Stopping

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.
John Newcombe

Positive, Fire, Negative

I've realised that I am who I am and that is it. Like it or lump it. I'm not around to please anyone any more, and it's a huge relief.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Around, Anyone, Please

I lived with a coffee farmer called Dukale on a trip I made with World Vision to Ethiopia, and realised there's no good reason for the disparity in opportunity around the world.
Hugh Jackman

Good, Made, Around

I've realised that when I don't play people who are complex I get very, very bored, and then lazy, and end up being rubbish.
Sienna Miller

End, Lazy, Bored

When I wasn't as attractive as I am now, I suffered at the hands of cruel children and their taunts until I realised that confidence and a bit of aesthetic care can overcome that.
Johnny Vegas

Care, Children, Confidence

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is.
Francesca Annis

Life, Family, Regret

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.
Carlos Santana

Music, Time, Long

I realised that God has placed Christians everywhere, to support each other, to support the needy in those areas, and that is the thing that I find is a great plus.
Cliff Richard

Great, God, Find

If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be.
Chloe Sevigny

Feeling, Down, Put

The communist model does not work economically, we all realised that, but the capitalist model in the modern world also looks to be unsustainable.
Arsene Wenger

Work, Looks, Modern

Once I realised the value of making people laugh, I got very good at it. Fast.
Dick Gregory

Good, Laugh, Once

I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black.
Ellie Goulding

Time, Teen, Black

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
Theresa May

Politics, Women, Men

I thought my life was mapped out. Research, living in the forest, teaching and writing. But in '86 I went to a conference and realised the chimpanzees were disappearing. I had worldwide recognition and a gift of communication. I had to use them.
Jane Goodall

Life, Writing, Thought

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.
James Dyson

Idea, Stubborn, Order

I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
Damien Hirst

Today, Light, Big

Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way.
Gary Numan

Life, Time, Children

I've never been bashful to say that I'm not really interested in Formula One. When I lived in England, it's all I wanted to do and I thought that anything else would somehow be a compromise to my dreams. But then when I came back to the States, I realised how much I loved being back in the States.
Danica Patrick

Dreams, Thought, Else

TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more.
Sharon Stone

Work, Hope, Courage

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
Namie Amuro

Mother, Nothing, Child

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