Cabbage Quote by H.L. Mencken

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup

— Henry Louis Mencken

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

“An idealist is someone who helps other people to be prosperous”

— Ford Henry Ford

“I am a misanthrope, but exceedingly benevolent; I am very cranky, and am a super-idealist. ... I can digest philosophy better than food.”

— Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

— Irving Layton

I'm an idealist.

— Bobby Cannavale

“My soup arrived. Crusted with cheese, golden at the edges. The waiter placed it carefully in front of me, and I broke through the…

— Aimee Bender

“You know that inside every cynic, there’s just a very disappointed idealist?”

— Roe Horvat

“Ideal is the one, who knows the self.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“What you don't know don't hurt you, for it ain't real. They called that Idealism in my book I had when I was in…

— Robert Penn Warren

“A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.”

— Susan Elia MacNeal

“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest…

— Jack Kerouac