Idealistic Quotes (page 3)

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• real
• thinking
• women

some may think that to affirm dialogue—the encounter of women and men in the world in order to transform the world—is naively and subjectively idealistic. there is nothing, however, more real or concrete than people in the world and with the world, than humans with other humans. Paulo Freire

• people
• realist
• realists

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic... Bob Woodward

• monsters
• cruelest
• dear

Oh my dear, idealists are the cruelest monsters of them all. Sarah Vowell

• heart
• true
• lifted

Every true heart needed a pragmatic counterweight, and every cynic an idealist to lift his spirits. Neal Stephenson

• powerful
• humanity
• power

We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better. George F. Kennan

• realist
• idealist
• mixture

I am a mixture of idealist and realist. Roger Moore

• famous
• fear
• philosophical

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. Moses Mendelssohn

• soup
• will
• idealist

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

• work
• thinking
• wellness

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible. Todd Gitlin

• music
• personality
• humanity

My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals. Gordon Getty

• people
• helpful
• personal

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. Henry Ford

• getting older
• tried
• realists

When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer. Anthony J. D'Angelo

• thinking
• dream
• personal

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people. Olivier Martinez

• guesses
• guessing
• guess

I guess maybe I'm idealistic. John Cusack

• life
• kids
• parents

Because I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something kids do. You have to go through that idealistic phase with your parents, but at a certain point, you need to see people as just people. Joan Cusack