Quotes About Ideals

I have been a revolutionary for much of my life.

When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.

I'm kind of like both of them: My mother grew up wanting to save the world, and my father grew up wanting to rule the world.

But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained?

I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.

I have no set ideals for a partner or a husband.

Lenin is not comparable to any revolutionary figure in history. Revolutionaries have had ideals. Lenin has none.

The church is holy, set aside for God's purposes, and yet it is ordinary, subject to human ends. It is not that our metaphors and ideals are false but that we fail to realize that the church functions as an emotional system.

Spontaneity, personal initiative, free choice - these ideals of Western society are fairy tales invented for people who don't want to admit they know better.

Millones de personas en el mundo quieren el socialismo, pero no desean pasar por la tragedia de una guerra civil para alcanzarlo» me dijo en una entrevista en 1972.

??tia mai s?raci au ?i chestii... idealuri... valori. Respect? fel de fel de lucruri. Cu cît e?ti mai bogat ?i mai sus, cu atît respec?i mai pu?ine chestii. ??tia au ?i un cult al muncii, care, între noi fie zis, e cumplit?, e un blestem, dar d? ?i unele satisfac?ii... Totul se pl?te?te ?i orice plat? î?i cî?tig? ceva. Eu am cî?tigat pl?ceri; dar sunt mereu tot alea. Te plictise?ti.

Marksizmin ilmini sevmez, fakat ruhunu severdi. Asla gerçekle?miyece?ini bildi?i büyük emellerinden biri de bu ruhu o ilmihalden kurtarmakt?: Bir sat?r?n? yazmad??? ne eserler tasarlam??t?. T?ptan felsefeye atlay???n?n sebeplerinden biri bu arzu idi, felsefede kalamay???n?n sebeplerinden biri de bu iradesizlik.

felt personally betrayed that the man who had sung "Imagine no possessions" now had accumulated costly real estate and herds of prize cattle.

A thought that had been in the archives of his mind for many months came sharply into relief: of all human beings alive, the scientists were the only ones who retained imagination, ideals, and a sincere interest in the larger world. It was to them he should give his allegiance, not to the statesmen, not to industry or commerce or war.

Fictional characters exert a great deal of influence over our choices in love by representing inaccessible ideals to which we try to make others conform, usually without success. But more subtly, too, the books we love offer a sketch of a whole universe that we secretly inhabit, and in which we desire the other person to assume a role.

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.

When you're younger, you have ideas and visions of what you're going to be like when you're older and what love is going to be like and who you're gonna be married to and all of these different things.

If the nation is not capable of preserving itself and reproducing, if it loses it vital bearings and ideals, then it doesn't need foreign enemies - it will fall apart on its own.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

We have to defeat them on the battlefield and in the marketplace of ideals. And PBS, I believe, owed the nation the chance to hear the moderate Muslim voices who decry terrorism and Jihadism, and they didn't give them that chance, and that's a terrible thing.

As you know, my father was for the inclusiveness and the betterment of society and the world. Certainly we recognize that there are diverse voices in our country, and people have the right of free speech. They have the right of choice, but again, it is our hope that when they choose, they choose to reflect those ideals that he taught us.

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

You're going to see a rise of the white male voter who feels like they're not secure, their country has been taken away. They cherish the American flag. They have fought for the American flag. They have fought for the American idea and the ideal.

We are not saving lives. We are selling dreams.