Quotes About Realism And Idealism

#1. It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one.

Morris Raphael Cohen

#2. I keep on calling them records because they will always be records to me.

Neal Schon

#3. I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

William Hague

#4. Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.

A.J. Darkholme

#5. Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.

Richard M. Nixon

#6. The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

Timothy Keller

#7. Who I love reading is Jordan Mechner, who wrote 'Prince of Persia.' He put all his journals while he was writing 'Prince of Persia' online.

Mike Krieger

#8. Idealism leads to realism if it is strictly thought out.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

#9. There is no realism without an element of idealism.

Henry A. Kissinger

#10. It's the only bad thing about animals," she told Cleon. "Most don't live as long as we do." "I know, sweet," Cleon said, kissing first one of her eyelids, then the other. "But think how bleak life would be without them.

Tamora Pierce

#11. Wisdom is unlearning what you have learnt.

Amit Abraham

#12. We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

Epictetus

#13. What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.

Peter Hook

#14. I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise.

Criss Jami

#15. By the artificial separation of soul and body men have invented a Realism that is vulgar and an Idealism that is void.

Oscar Wilde

#16. Women are the only realists; their whole object in life is to pit their realism against the extravagant, excessive, and occasionally drunken idealism of men.

G.K. Chesterton

#17. Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

Claude McKay

#18. America is exceptional in combining standard great-power realism with extravagant idealism about the country's redemptive role in creating international order.

Michael Ignatieff

#19. Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.

Jeff Galloway

#20. I suspected my homosexuality, but I'd never acted out on it because I was afraid of sex. It's awful to be afraid of sex.

Elton John

#21. Families are nothing other than the idolatry of duty.

Ann Oakley

#22. I was definitely not the kid that just wanted to be famous for no reason whatsoever and then happened to find comedy. Fame and all that stuff have always been slightly terrifying to me, and it makes me very anxious.

Bo Burnham

#23. Family therapists view the therapeutic relationship as a means to an end rather than as an end in itself. Family therapists see beyond the problematic patterns in the family to the potential healing power of family relationships.

Joseph A. Micucci

#24. The romantic idealism of my youth has been replaced with realism and hard work at what I love.

Monique Roffey

#25. Realism arises from the maturity of the minds, while Idealism arises from their conformity.

M.F. Moonzajer

#26. 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

#27. And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?

W.B.Yeats

#28. Weekends and weekdays, when you knew I was looking and when you didn't even guess I was alive. Even with shiny stars bothering your head it was beautiful.

Daniel Handler

#29. Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom

Lin Yutang

#30. Idealism and realism meet in the actual.

Mary Parker Follett

#31. He has a plan for everybody here and it's all a matter of whether you answer it when He calls you.

Lacey Sturm

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

John Wooden