#ideal

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#because #children #fell #got #had

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

— Claude McKay

#based #castle #foundation #idealism #like

Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#because #ideal #ideal man #man #real

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#curse #get #idealism #into #materialism

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. ↗

— Golda Meir

#ideals #most #realistic #regime #soviet

You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#better things #confronted #educate #grind #halt

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future. ↗

— Alberto Moravia

#based #becomes #custodian #customs #each

A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#family #ideal #life #look #lot

My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie. ↗

— Steve Nash

#family #friends #get #go #good

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#failure #forget #ideals #objectives #only