#ideal

Even when Darwin's teaching first made its appearance, it became clear at once that its scientific, materialist core, its teaching concerning the evolution of living nature, was antagonistic to the idealism that reigned in biology. ↗

— Trofim Lysenko

#appearance #became #biology #clear #concerning

When a society abandons its ideals just because most people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed. ↗

— Judith Martin

#behavior #gets #ideals #indeed #just

For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out. ↗

— Karen McDougal

#date #dessert #drink #eat #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