Idealist Quotes

132 quotes by 114 authors

I'm an idealist without illusions. — John F. Kennedy
You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot. — Stanley Kubrick
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. — H. L. Mencken
I am a mixture of idealist and realist. — Roger Moore
When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a… — Conor Oberst
Now I call myself a bleeding heart libertarian. Because I do believe in the principles of Libertarianism as an ideal - because I'm an idealist. — Neil Peart
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals. — Bertrand Russell
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. — Carl Sandburg
Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight. — Sargent Shriver
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. — Logan Pearsall Smith
There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by… — Oswald Spengler
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. — Robert Anton Wilson
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the… — Woodrow Wilson
I heard somebody open and shut the gate to the barn lot, but I didn't look around. If I didn't look around it would not… — Robert Penn Warren
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan
You are the most dangerous kind of female the world can ever know. You carry the seeds for your own destruction and the destruction of… — Virginia C. Andrews
Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin
That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with… — Alain de Botton
Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all. — Sarah Vowell
The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses… — P.J. O'Rourke

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