Accepted Quote by Thomas Sowell

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

— Rem Koolhaas

Idealism is based on big ideas. And, as anybody who has ever been asked "What's the big idea?" knows, most big ideas are bad…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Too often people view idealists as naive.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

“Because there is no such thing as people who just believe in ideas. Once people get ideas, they want to act on them. They…

— Anonymous

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

— Emma Goldman

Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern their value…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“Idealism, however impractical, gives a meaning to our existence.”

— Anirban Bose

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The idealists and visionaries, foolish enough to throw caution to the winds and express their ardor and faith in some supreme deed, have advanced…

— Emma Goldman

It is difficult to make people understand that the ideal doesn't exist, that personal equilibrium and the harmony they dream of come only after…

— Jean Vanier

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

— Rick Alverson

No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.

— Fernando Pessoa