Idealism Quotes

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

"It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting."
-Bob Geldof

"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."
-Carl Sandburg

"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

"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism."
-Carl Jung

"Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power."
-Bertrand Russell

"Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."
-David T. Wolf

"Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look back."
-Don Henley

"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness."
-Sidney Hook

"In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me."
-Billy Corgan

"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

"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