It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil. John Maynard Keynes
It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.IdeasQuotations by John Maynard Keynes
Month: November 2008
If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. Charles F. Kettering
If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.IdeasQuotations by Charles F. Kettering
The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas. John Kane
The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas.IdeasQuotations by John Kane
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation. William James
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.IdeasQuotations by William James
Ideas are, in truth, force. Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, force.IdeasQuotations by Henry James
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. C. O. Jackson
Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.IdeasQuotations by C. O. Jackson
Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.IdeasQuotations by Victor Hugo
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. Elbert Hubbard
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.IdeasQuotations by Elbert Hubbard
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free. Doug Horton
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.IdeasQuotations by Doug Horton
Man’s mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Man’s mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.IdeasQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.IdeasQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first. Job E. Hodges
Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first.IdeasQuotations by Job E. Hodges
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. Napoleon Hill
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.IdeasQuotations by Napoleon Hill
Ideas move fast when their time comes. Carolyn Heilbrun
Ideas move fast when their time comes.IdeasQuotations by Carolyn Heilbrun
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice. Sidney J. Harris
Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.IdeasQuotations by Sidney J. Harris
Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds Remy De Gourmont
Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex mindsIdeasQuotations by Remy De Gourmont
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it. Samuel Goldwyn
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn’t like it.IdeasQuotations by Samuel Goldwyn
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.IdeasQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied. Arnold H. Glasgow
Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied.IdeasQuotations by Arnold H. Glasgow
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people. Tobias S. Gibson
Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people.IdeasQuotations by Tobias S. Gibson
An idea is a putting truth in check-mate. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.IdeasQuotations by Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Ideas control the world. James A. Garfield
Ideas control the world.IdeasQuotations by James A. Garfield
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor. Robert Frost
An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.IdeasQuotations by Robert Frost
Ideas are fatal to caste. Edward M. Forster
Ideas are fatal to caste.IdeasQuotations by Edward M. Forster
You have to hatch ideas — and then hitch them. Ray D. Everson
You have to hatch ideas — and then hitch them.IdeasQuotations by Ray D. Everson
Man’s fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness. Morris L. Ernst
Man’s fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.IdeasQuotations by Morris L. Ernst
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances.IdeasQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are prisoners of ideas. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are prisoners of ideas.IdeasQuotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas. George Eliot
Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.IdeasQuotations by George Eliot
Great ideas originate in the muscles. Thomas A. Edison
Great ideas originate in the muscles.IdeasQuotations by Thomas A. Edison
To have a great idea, have a lot of them. Thomas A. Edison
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.IdeasQuotations by Thomas A. Edison
The value of an idea lies in the using of it. Thomas A. Edison
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.IdeasQuotations by Thomas A. Edison
Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.IdeasQuotations by Fyodor Dostoevsky
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong. Benjamin Disraeli
He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.IdeasQuotations by Benjamin Disraeli
Ideas are the roots of creation. Ernest Dimnet
Ideas are the roots of creation.IdeasQuotations by Ernest Dimnet
Not the one who has many ideas, but the one who has a single conviction may become a great person. Cotvos
Not the one who has many ideas, but the one who has a single conviction may become a great person.IdeasQuotations by Cotvos
An idea is the only level which moves the world. Arthur F. Corey
An idea is the only level which moves the world.IdeasQuotations by Arthur F. Corey
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. David H Comins
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.IdeasQuotations by David H Comins
The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.IdeasQuotations by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one. Alain Chartier
Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.IdeasQuotations by Alain Chartier