Pragmatism Vs Idealism Quotes

#1. Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.

Karl Popper

#2. I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.

Kate Winslet

#3. Blogging, writing conventional articles, and being science consultant and pocket protector ninja to various web portals and TV programs, quite often trying to promote the penicillin of hard data to people who had no interest in being cured of their ignorance.

Stephen L. Burns

#4. Idealism without pragmatism is impotent. Pragmatism without idealism is meaningless. The key to effective leadership is pragmatic idealism.

Richard M. Nixon

#5. The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

Democritus

#6. Earn the right to be proud and confident.

John Wooden

#7. It's not that I'm afraid to die, but I'm terribly, terribly afraid not to live.

Frances Noyes Hart

#8. He was in search of a story, nothing more. He shouldn't be thinking about her bedroom at all. But, in a matter of minutes, the Greek aerialist had drawn him in with her shy smiles and quirky humor.

Aria Kane

#9. If something makes you wealthier,
it is of considerable importance.
If something makes you happier,
it is of substantial importance.
If something makes you better,
it is of monumental importance.
If something makes you wiser,
it is of astronomical importance.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#10. Merciful heavens! Human treatment may even render human a man in whom the image of God has long ago been tarnished. It is these 'unfortunates' that must be treated in the most human fashion. This is their salvation and their joy.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#11. I hate to see a guy who insults a girl or is bad with her. Immediately I think she would be better if she was with me.

Niall Horan

#12. Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.

Simon Sinek

#13. Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.

Edmund Waller

#14. It was so addictive ... like a train wreck."
"A train wreck," he repeats, disbelieving.
"You know
you don't really want to see blood and destruction and death because you know it'll haunt you forever, but at the same time you can't look away?

Katie Klein

#15. If they cannot meet your standards, don't lower your standards so that they can.

Pierre Alex Jeanty

#16. Smile, so your teeth won't suffocate.

Katherine Evans

#17. You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.

Bono

#18. Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

Danny Strong

#19. Philo Farnsworth invented TV at the age of 22.

Philo

#20. I just like to take it as it comes, go where the wind blows me. I'm not going to plan.

Matthew McGrory

#21. They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.

G.K. Chesterton