Idealist Quotes

132 quotes by 116 authors

Living with a dog is easy- like living with an idealist. — H. L. Mencken
What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar. — Jane Rogers
I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's… — Studs Terkel
I am an idealist. I believe in everything â€” I am only looking for proofs. — Carl Sandburg
The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive — John Zorn
We were idealists. We thought that when we got the vote the whole pattern of politics would be greatly improved and would be dominated by… — Jessie Daniel Ames
. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But unless… — Grenville Kleiser
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system - that is no ideal to me, it… — Harper Lee
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its… — M. Scott Peck
The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human… — Anna Howard Shaw
Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This is a perilous… — Oswald Spengler
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist â€” someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations. — Peter Senge
The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other… — RomÃ©o Dallaire
Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not. — Madeleine Albright
I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak… — W. Eugene Smith
Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about… — John Ortberg
Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions. — A J P Taylor
The Venus Project is neither Utopian nor Orwellian, nor does it reflect the dreams of impractical idealists. Instead, it presents attainable goals requiring only the… — Jacque Fresco
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate.… — Leslie Charteris
Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision — Rick Bayan

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