Disappointed Idealist Quotes & Sayings

We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts. I support them. I won't chip away at them. I believe they help protect us and provide for our safety. I'm sure my positions won't make me the hero of the NRA. — Mitt Romney

Scratch a cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist. — Jon F. Merz

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind. — T.D. Jakes

I was very excited about the idea that I could be an idealist, that I could be my age, the eager beaver who had hope in the justice system and the one who gets disappointed just like the audience. — Elisabeth Rohm

One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass. — Etty Hillesum

Someone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me - because I recognized that, within me, there is this flame, of wishing it were better, wishing people had better lives, that there was more of an authentic sharing and harmony with nature. — George Carlin

I love filming in New York. I love New York movies, too. I just like it when people can take New York and make it their own, because there are so many different New Yorks. — Paul Dano

If I hear a song that I love - how is the groove and how is the beat and what is the feeling of this? - I can make it my own. — Gustav Ejstes

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin

There is a budding tomorrow in midnight. — John Keats

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. — George Carlin

How we treat people is always our choice, and if we choose not to be respectful, it can come back to bite us. — Alison Levine

Death makes its own choices.
Has reasoning an order has a taste ... — Angelo Tsanatelis

Tell me you're kidding."

He grinned. "I'm not. It's the truth."

"Shit."

"Hey, you got any money?"

I shook my head. How did the guy on a soldier's paycheck become the one with the money? I dug around in my pocket, finding three dollars for him, then watched him fight with the vending machine over how flat the bills needed to be. — Veronica Rossi

He was just one of those rare guys who could be both a gentleman and a badass. — Richelle Mead

Teens find out a lot from other teens. — Ally Condie

If you had told me when I was at high school that one day I would be working for a for-profit company, let alone running one, I would have said you were crazy. But I am interested in how you can empower individuals to make change, and Causes is doing just that. — Joe Green

I don't tell anyone what they should do (drugs). It's like this music is so full of power and energy you don't really need to take anything if you just open up and let the music take you. — Paul Van Dyk

Those who are entitled to it get it sooner or later. — George Ade

You are an idealist, which means that you are destined to be disappointed, and perhaps even wounded. You seek a gospel of benevolence and miracle, which leaves no room for the sorrows of existence. You are like William Paley, arguing that the perfection of every design in the universe is proof of God's love for us. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm the fucking luckiest man on the planet tonight. The only thing I'm going to do is help you come. — Molly O'Keefe