Idealists Quote by Brent Weeks

“What young brains lack in experience they sometimes make up for in idealism. Nothing seems impossible to them.”

— Suzanne Collins

“...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...”

— John Geddes

“So much for youthful idealism.”

— Ian McEwan

“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…

— Jack Kerouac

“We are all born idealists, until life fucks us all.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.”

— Alain de Botton

“idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be weak.”

— James Davison Hunter

“You know that inside every cynic, there’s just a very disappointed idealist?”

— Roe Horvat

“Idealism is the cradle for change. One cannot make something new without first envisioning the possibility.”

— Molly Collier

“A so-called ideal scheme which does not grow out of reality is definitely and finally not ideal at all.”

— Michael Oakeshott

“Realism arises from the maturity of the minds, while Idealism arises from their conformity.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

— Neil Kinnock