Real Thing Quotes

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.

I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.

We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face.