Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Money is the medium of exchange, and it's how you make things happen. To say you hate it is some farfetched, idealistic… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I do think it's fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in…… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
The young and dynamic and idealistic people in the square do not have the chance to organise themselves politically, to be able… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
War on terrorism defines the central preoccupation of the United States in the world today, and it does reflect in my view… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
The command "Be ye prfect" is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He said (in the… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously,… — Mark Riebling Copy Share Image
But all categories of art, idealistic or realistic, surrealistic or constructivist (a new form of idealism) must satisfy a simple test (or… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
What's been nice is that I've been able to direct from a very idealistic place. I've never had to make my living… — Bill Paxton Copy Share Image
To work for libertarianism - to oppose the growth of government and aid the liberation of the individual - used to be… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I understand why people do vote on the conservative side of the ticket because people have a tendency to go for strong… — David Lloyd Copy Share Image
True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In… — Maurice Saatchi Copy Share Image
Because I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and idealistic industry. There weren't many degrees offered in… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“For we were, as I say, an idealistic generation for whom the question was not simply one of how well one practised… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
When I first met Tony Blair in 1996, he was open and idealistic, keen to bring a breath of fresh air to… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations… — Frank Gehry 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
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, 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
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
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
“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
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
An excessive preponderance of an idealistic mood is harmful to society: it creates daydreaming, political Don Quixotism, hope for heavenly intervention. This… — Henryk Sienkiewicz 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
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'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
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
