I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to… — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic,… — Aisha Tyler Copy Share Image
“My only excuse is that I have no reputation myself, and I am thereby well aware of its ephemeral value. Reputation is… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I mean, is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring'… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Sometimes, idealistic people are put off the whole business of networking as something tainted by flattery and the pursuit of selfish advantage.… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
The world is so caught up in the 'American Idol' idealistic sort of tendency in regards to just thinking that this whole… — Maxwell Copy Share Image
Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
Young people are more likely to be idealistic and think that radical change is both necessary and possible. They may not yet… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
I was a very idealistic, very romantic kid in a very typically Midwestern Methodist repressed home. There was no show of affection… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The younger generation is essentially idealistic. This applies to the Iranian youth as well. In addition, the youth in Iran face certain… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider… — Patch Adams Copy Share Image
When you're young and idealistic, you don't care: you'll play to no one, in your bedroom - like kids with football -… — Pete Doherty Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I had friends who became lawyers and doctors, and I was as idealistic as anybody. When I was in… — William Sanderson Copy Share Image
The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I am now even more persuaded of the urgent need to study why Socrates was accused. The dislike of philosophy is perennial,… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will… — Barbara Cartland Copy Share Image
America is a very religious nation. Not a mono-religious nation because there are many different strands of belief, but there's something about… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Education in the true sense is helping the individual to be mature and free, to flower greatly in love and goodness. That… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
She said, 'Believe it or not, I used to be idealistic.' I asked her what 'idealistic' meant. 'It means you live by… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
There's all these idealistic things that TV and movies tell you that you should want to be. And when you're growing up,… — Garrett Clayton Copy Share Image
I have this idealistic and maybe naive thought that almost any song can be anything. If you record one song today, it… — Sondre Lerche Copy Share Image
No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idealistic… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this… — Olivier Martinez Copy Share Image
So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We believe that if the world doesn't go quickly to an end, it will be only because Hitlerism transformed itself into a… — Miguel Serrano Copy Share Image
I grew up with the idealistic notion that writing and literature were noble causes. I had no inkling, no sense of what… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I think Google is the most successful attention merchant - profitable attention merchant in the history of the world, most successful advertising-only… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
I think my movies aren't sentimental. I think my movies are funny and sad and realistic. Not realistic in the sense that… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
“We write, edit, and rewrite the story of our own life employing descriptive words, metaphors, and symbols. Our lives are full of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
It seems to me quite disastrous that the idea should have got about that Christianity is an other-worldly, unreal, idealistic kind of… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep… — Vanessa Kerry Copy Share Image
Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
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