When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.
We're all idealistic when young.
I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
Communists are the last optimists.
There is this way that I felt when I was younger that we were beyond history and we were all citizens of the world that now seems so naive.
I think of an intellectual as just being bookish, being interested in history books, utopian ideas, that kind of thing.
The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good.
I am a Utopian. What else would I be? I am living in America.
To Evans and many others, modern America is as close to Utopia that it is possible to reach.
For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.