Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Quote by Philip K Dick

Topics: Belief Quotes, Realism Quotes, Reality Quotes

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to...

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to...

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step...

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step...

When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.

When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up...

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up...

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living...

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because...

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more...

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more...

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible...

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of...

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of...

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers...