Delicate Quote by Simon Sinek

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.

— John Wooden

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

Pragmatism ... reflects with almost disarming candor the spirit of the prevailing business culture, the very same attitude of 'being practical' as counter to…

— Max Horkheimer

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.

— Rem Koolhaas

“Pragmatism is nothing without imagination; and imagination is wasted without pragmatism”

— Robert Holdstock

In a world where ideas and ideals flow freely, we want what everybody else in an advanced society seems to have: a say in…

— Joshua Wong

“Idealism is the cradle for change. One cannot make something new without first envisioning the possibility.”

— Molly Collier

I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I…

— Linus Torvalds

I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.

— Vernon A. Walters

Pragmatism is an intellectually safe but ultimately sterile philosophy.

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

I have put pragmatism ahead of idealism and understand that concessions are necessary in a negotiation.

— Suella Braverman

The pragmatist turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and pretended absolutes…

— William James