“Yeah, the real world sucks, deal with it like the rest of us.”— Kate Trefry, Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Jovan Taylor, Jonathan Byers, Steve Heaton, imdb.com
“We sit in our buildings overlooking Manhattan. We don’t know, we don’t know the real world.”— Donald Trump, imdb.com
“Nick Simpson: [observing the 'accident' Mike made with a soda bottle, suspiciously, to Mike] Somebody unscrewed this. This was no accident. Wait a minute... You didn't get too busy and forget, did you? Mike Seaver: Look, do you know that you're prejudiced, or are you just kidding yourself. Nick Simp…”— Tim O'Donnell, Mike Seaver, Kirk Cameron, imdb.com
“Guster, you have to wake up to the real world: people have sex and kill each other. That's the real world. Not some magical 'feelings' place.”— Saladin K. Patterson, Carlton Lassiter, Timothy Omundson, imdb.com
“If you’re reading this.. The internet isn’t reality. The things people are typing are words in an app you can choose to ignore. Put your phone down, close your eyes, count to 10 Think about how you can make the world a better place in the real world. We need you out here.”— Lizzo, twitter.com
“Jenna: You’ve created two Lizzes, writer Liz and performer Liz. Performers need to be coddled, to be protected from the real world. Jack: I get it. I must treat her like the New York Times treats its readers.”— Kay Cannon, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com
“Maddie/Rita: We have to get back to the real world! David/Zach: No, never. I'll never give up my dreams. 'Cause if you stop dreaming you're just wasting eight hours a night.”— Glenn Gordon Caron, Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes, Cybill Shepherd, imdb.com
“Ted, how many times have I told you to put the lid back on the peanut butter jar?! It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassery that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World house! And not the early days when they all had jobs and social consciences, I'm talking about Hawaii, and after! I can…”— Brenda Hsueh, Marshall Eriksen, Jason Segel, imdb.com
“I no longer had any idea what was right and what was wrong. Was I really seeing the real world?”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it!”— Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Monica Geller, Courteney Cox, imdb.com
“The real world is not about happy endings. It's about taking the life you have, and fighting like hell to keep it.”— Dana Baratta, Jamie King, Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth, Carrie Anne Moss, imdb.com
“Caroline: Hey, how come you don't sparkle? Damon: Because I live in the real world where vampires burn in the sun.”— Andrew Kreisberg, Brian Young, Damon Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder, imdb.com
“We’re taught to push through everything. We’re taught that in the ‘real world’ at a job it wouldn’t fly, you’d still have to get up and go to work, even if you were upset, and that we’re just being prepared for the ‘real world.’ But in the ‘real world’ you get sick days. You get time off when you’re…”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com
“I hate that phrase 'the real world.' Why is an aircraft factory more real than a university? Is it?”— Richard Hugo, amazon.com