[President John F.] Kennedy must be a strange character—obstinate, sensitive, ruthless and highly sexed.
Earl of Stockton
So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving them enough power to destroy all justice, all freedom, and all human dignity.
I'm a bit of a romantic.
I don;t think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.
My image was that of a romantic, soft hero.
My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.
I'm a real romantic.
Anarchists are a race of highly intelligent and imaginative children.
A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.
Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.
I have built little. But, I have built many castles in the air.
I have been called romantic. Well, that can't be helped. But stay. I seem to remember that I have been called a realist also. And as that charge too can be made out, let us try to live up to it, at whatever cost, for a change.
If you're utopian, you're never satisfied.
Home is pretty utopian.
I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.
I'm a romantic at heart.
I guess I'm a bit of a romantic.
I am a Piscean, and they have a lovingly detached attitude towards life.
It may have been quixotic, but it was magnificent.
I was born with a romantic nature, and I'll carry it to my grave.
I think my friends would say I'm pretty goal-focused but whimsical.
It's true that I'm not known as a crooner or balladeer. I'm known for a more crusading or quixotic temperament.
I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
You stay in touch with the boy who dreamed impossible dreams.
Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one, brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of ages.
