An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
Henry Ford
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg
It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.
Bob Geldof
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
William F. Buckley, Jr.
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
H. L. Mencken
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
Jacques Barzun
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
Bertrand Russell
The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.
Victor Davis Hanson
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
Sidney Hook
Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look back.
Don Henley
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
David T. Wolf
Let there be a fresh breeze of new honesty, new idealism, new integrity. You have typewriters, presses and a huge audience. How about raising hell?
Lloyd Jones
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
Billy Corgan
Hospitals are corrupt. Judges are corrupt. Everybody in the world is corrupt. But our newspapers are essentially a monument to idealism.
Christian Williams
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Herbert Hoover
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