An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.
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.
I'm an idealist.
I think now I'm more realistic, but I'm still very much an idealist.
What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism.
I'm an idealist without illusions.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.
I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible.
I am a mixture of idealist and realist.