David Gale Fantasies have to be unrealistic. Because the minute- the second- that you get what you want, you don't- you can't- want it anymore. David Gale Living by your wants will never make you happy; what it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you ever attain in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. David Gale This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness.