My ideal evening is to have dinner with one person or a few persons, and then be in bed by 11.

Social democracy does not represent an ideal future; it does not even represent the ideal past.

The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the whole.

I'm not an anarchist any longer, because I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal.

Charles Dickens left us fifteen novels, and in an ideal world, everyone would read all of them.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

I am not arguing for a utopian society; equal opportunity for all, though ideal, is unrealistic.

Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.

To indicate the ideal proportion and reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal.

In an ideal world, I'd like to carry on acting, but I don't want it to interfere with my studies.

You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.

In an ideal world, I'd bounce between big projects and no-budget TV dramas with fantastic scripts.

In an ideal world, I'd love to work on something that is on par with 'Lost' or better than 'Lost.'

On an ideal Saturday night, I'll go to the New York City Ballet, where my friends play percussion.

Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.

For the U.S., a nation that boasts of being the land of the free, it does not live up to its ideal.

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

The ideal 'New Yorker' profile is a person, an interesting person, at a critical point in his life.

My ideal citizen is the self-employed, homeschooling, IRA-owning guy with a concealed-carry permit.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.

San Antonio is an ideal market for Major League Soccer. It's time that we put our best foot forward.

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

I'll start searching for that ideal partner when I turn 40. That will be a turning point in my life.

In the ideal world, if I was perfect, I'd be able to beat every teammate that I have, in every race.

I think everybody's ideal is to have a wonderful career with one franchise, like Kobe and Tim Duncan.

The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.

If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

I know I might sound a little bit picky, but someone like a muse who can inspire me is my ideal type.

I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.

Sweet potatoes are ideal for lazy days: just bake, then mash and mix with yogurt, butter or olive oil.

I have been to Guantanamo. It's a model prison. Is it ideal? No. But we live in a very un-ideal world.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

Britain proves to be an ideal setting for many a medieval-minded crime novelist, regardless of century.

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.

Nas really introduced the world and a lot of people to me - that was ideal as far as me first coming in.

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.

I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.

I live a very secluded life, a very contemplative life and a very meditative one. That is my ideal life.

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

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