“The difference between an idealist and a fanatic is the idealist is only 90% sure he's right.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Jesus is not an impractical idealist; he is the practical realist. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“If I wasn't idealistic, there wouldn't be anything worth fighting for.” — Mik Everett Copy Share Image
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The battered idealist. It's just my favorite character ... To me, a hero is somebody who is able to accept the environment… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“Idealists are either blind or clowns; because they think it is possible to have a beautiful world with asshole creatures like humans.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I think my mother has always understood what a romantic idealist I am, so she's never had trouble supporting what might be… — Tinsley Mortimer Copy Share Image
If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
I don't think the American people had a clear picture of either Nixon or me. I think they thought that Nixon was… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
The most important thing about the gentleman was that he was an idealist. ... He was bred up to a code of… — Richard M. Weaver 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
The universalists, the idealists, the Utopians all aim too high. They give promises of an unattainable paradise, and by doing so they… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
When I see the mostly young people of Occupy Wall Street - a mixture of the bored, the nihilistic, the seekers of… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
They look for a victim to chivy, and howl him down, and finally lynch him in a sheer storm of sexual frenzy… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
