Idealism Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.

— David Cohen

I see the world in ways that might be considered somewhat harsh and Darwinistic. At the same time mediated, as in Darwin, by a…

— Joyce Carol Oates

There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would have the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you…

— David Foster Wallace

They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."

— Yuri Orlov

Women have been charged with deviousness and duplicity since the dawn of civilization so they have never been able to pretend that their masks…

— Germaine Greer

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but…

— Raymond Chandler

Only the broken-hearted idealist can become a cynic.

— Mark Clifton

I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it -…

— Norman Rockwell

I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.

— Lauren Groff

“David Hume, in a moment of acute skepticism, felt panicky in the solitude of his study and had to go out and join his…

— William Barrett

Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism.

— Ronald Reagan