“You're an idealist, just like your grandfather. Do yourself a favor, don't be like him. For once, do the smart thing.”

James Garner - Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke

“Idealists are such a problem. You can't convince them there's no such thing as the ideal.”
Jonathan Pryce - Lytton Strachey

“- David Drumlin: I wish the world was a place where fair was the bottom line, where the kind of idealism you showed at the hearing was rewarded, not taken advantage of. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world.
- Ellie Arroway: Funny, I've always believed that the world is what we make of it.”
Tom Skerritt - David Drumlin
Jodie Foster - Eleanor Arroway

“Anne, you have tricked something out of that imagination of yours that you call romance. Have you forgotten how he gave up the Avonlea school for you so that you could stay here with me? He picked you up everyday in his carriage so that you could study your courses together. Don't toss it away for some ridiculous ideal that doesn't exist.”
Colleen Dewhurst - Marilla Cuthbert

“- Nate Newton: Why are they taking the platform down?
- Casey Newton: Because it's hard to have ideas. And easy to give up.
- Nate Newton: But you won't, right?
- Casey Newton: Never.”
Pierce Gagnon - Nate Newton
Britt Robertson - Casey Newton