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Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. (Jules de Gaultier)

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. (H. L. Mencken)

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way. (Carl Sandburg Incidentals)

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker. (Charles M. Schulz)

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. (Cicero)

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. (Lily Tomlin)

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. (Lily Tomlin)

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. (Garrison Keillor)

Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else. (Hob Broun)

Reality is something you rise above. (Liza Minnelli)

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers. (William James)

Everything you can imagine is real. (Pablo Picasso)

The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it. (Bertrand Russell The Philosophy of Logical Atomism)

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible. (Dr. Karl Menninger)

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes. (Henry Kissinger)

There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it. (Cicero De Divinatione)

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. (Albert Einstein)

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself. (H. L. Mencken)

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous. (Henry Ford)

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