Idealist Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

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
Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends… — William McFee
The idealist's program of political or economic reform may be impracticable, absurd, demonstrably ridiculous; but it can never be successfully opposed merely by pointing out… — Charles Horton Cooley
If you are not an idealist by the time you are twenty you have no heart, but if you are still an idealist by the… — Randolph Bourne
I'm still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive. — Brit Marling
I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food. — Alfred Nobel
The great crimes of the twentieth century were committed not by money-grubbing capitalists but by dedicated idealists. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were contemptuous of money.… — Eric Hoffer
I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to… — Todd Gitlin
You Europeans know nothing about America. Because we amass large fortunes you think we care for nothing but money. We are nothing for it; the… — W. Somerset Maugham
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and… — Bill Watterson
A cynic should never marry an idealist. For the cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But… — Julie Burchill
When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists… — Anurag Kashyap
Man's indecency to man all over the world rules out the idea of humanity as an actuality. It is a dream of young idealists. In… — Errol Flynn
A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern their value and… — Amos Bronson Alcott
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. — Emma Goldman
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. — Henry Ford
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left… — Sydney J. Harris
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. — Eric Hoffer
My father is a real idealist, and he's all about learning. If I asked for a pair of Nikes growing up, it was just a… — Hugh Jackman

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