Idealism Quote by Charles Kennedy

I think that idealism is always there in America. It's a spirit that's been subverted lately, and sold down the river to the contractors,…

— Tim Matheson

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

— Henry Cabot Lodge

I see only the ideal. But no ideals have ever been fully successful on this earth.

— Isadora Duncan

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

— Claude McKay

Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are…

— Orhan Pamuk

Idealism is a fuel for living, and there is an absolute efficiency about how it motivates and propels us.

— Rick Alverson

Ideals are great in theory ... but they don't work too well in real life.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in…

— Woodrow Wilson

. . . idealism is one of the greatest forces in the world. It makes seeming impossibilities possible and succeeds where prudence fails. But…

— Grenville Kleiser

Idealism is the death of the body and the imagination. All but freedom, utter freedom, is death

— Anais Nin

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

— Arthur Scargill

You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world…

— Bono