Circumstances Quote by Todd Gitlin

I'm a realist, and so we have to take what exists and continue to struggle to move forward.

— Danny K. Davis

I am a mixture of idealist and realist.

— Roger Moore

I consider myself a realist.

— John McCain

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's…

— Conor Oberst

Being an idealist is not being a simpleton; without idealists there would be no optimism and without optimism there would be no courage to…

— Anonymous

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

— John Wooden

One cannot afford to be a realist.

— Albert Bandura

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might…

— Bill de Blasio

Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Even though I'm a realist, I try to let the medium show and allow it a certain degree of freedom.

— William C. Wright

Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

— Mary Parker Follett

Realism is in the work when idealism is in the soul, and it is only through idealism that we resume contact with reality.

— Henri Bergson