Alden Ehrenreich Quotes

I am a mixture of idealist and realist.

When I was younger, I was somewhat of an idealist. I guess I'm a little bit more of a realist now. I think there's a lot that can be done to make the world a better place, but it's more about choosing your battles.

I'm a realist.

Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy.

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

Keep things in perspective. It's never quite as good as it seems, it's never quite as bad as it seems.

I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too.

I've got my head screwed on in the right direction, for the most part. It may be turned a little bit to the left, but we're getting there.

I'm a very optimistic person, woman, mother and singer. And at the same time, I'm very realistic when I look at other aspects of my life.

I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game.

I've got a lot of experience under my belt, but I still have a very naive and idealistic outlook on life.

Back when I was an idealistic 18-year-old on my way to Chicago, I might have believed that being on the side of virtue would guarantee a good outcome. These many years later, I know better.

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.

When I was growing up and trying to get my foot on the ladder, I had the self-belief that my mother taught me, and it never occurred to me that anything could go wrong. I've learned life can't be like that.

I get more optimistic as I get older.

When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer.

So many people are looking at what's wrong, and I try to encourage them to look at what's right in their life. A lot of people have it a lot worse than you do.

My life is better with every year of living it.

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

By nature, I am not an optimist, though I try to act as if I am.