Idealists Quotes

61 Idealists quotes by 57 unique authors

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
God save me from idealists. — Jim Butcher
Brant's an idealist, and he's competent. There are few more dangerous combinations in this world... Heroes are even more dangerous than idealists. — Patricia C. Wrede
They always believe that 'things are in a bad way now,' but they 'haven't any faith in these idealists.' One minute they call Wilson 'just… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall. — Josh Lanyon
God save us from idealists! They dream of a world without injustice, and what crime won't they commit to get it! I swear, Mirella, I'll… — Mary Doria Russell
I always want to tell these young idealists that the world is not as dangerous as many in the older generation want them to believe...The… — Jonathan Kozol
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton
It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we… — Lorraine Hansberry
Children see things very well sometimes and idealists even better. — Lorraine Hansberry
Too often people view idealists as naive. — Jacqueline Novogratz
What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists. — Mikhail Gorbachev
True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake. — Henry Williamson
Questioning growth is deemed to be the act of lunatics, idealists and revolutionaries. But question it we must. — Tim Jackson
The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case. — Rebecca MacKinnon
The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed, have advanced mankind… — Emma Goldman
They call us romantics, weak, stupid, sentimental idealists, perhaps because we have some faith in the good which exists even in our opponents and because… — Ash Sweeney
When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed. — Dennis Prager
How many political idealists does it take to change a lightbulb? Political Idealists cant change shit. — Isaac Brock

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