--- title: "10 Collective Thought Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 10 Collective Thought quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Collective Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ian-somerhalder-2439_collectives_ideas-need-collective-thought-2544732_2544732.jpg" --- > [Ideas need collective thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-somerhalder/ideas-need-collective-thought/) [Ian Somerhalder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-somerhalder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ian-somerhalder-2439_collectives_ideas-need-collective-thought-2544732_2544732.jpg) > [“Life is simply a collective thought. Didn't you know we made it all up? Don't you know it can be different?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryant-mcgill/life-is-simply-a-collective-thought-didn-t-you-know-we-made-it-all-up/) [Bryant McGill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryant-mcgill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/892/bryant-mcgill-108_collective_life-is-simply-a-collective-thought-didn_354249.jpg) > [“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Collective thought is stupid because it’s collective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acceptance-unless-some-stupidity-2/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/fernando-pessoa-177_collective_no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acc_589778.jpg) > [“you’d be amazed how much quality collective thought can be captured using two simple tools: a voice connection and a shared screen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-fried/you-d-be-amazed-how-much-quality-collective-thought-can-be-captured/) [Jason Fried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-fried/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/jason-fried-2868_thought-captured_you-d-be-amazed-how-much-quality-collect_3092100.jpg) > [“individual thought is mostly the result of collective thought and of interaction with other people. The language is entirely collective, and most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/individual-thought-is-mostly-the-result-of-collective-thought-and-of/) [David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/david-bohm-4805_thought_individual-thought-is-mostly-the-result_2992354.jpg) > [But the mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/but-the-mind-is-an-attribute-of-the-individual-there-is-no-such-thing/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/ayn-rand-59_agreement_but-the-mind-is-an-attribute-of-the-indi_1759210.jpg) > [“We may preach with all the fervor of a reformer and yet succeed only in winning a straggler here and there, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-gresham-machen/we-may-preach-with-all-the-fervor-of-a-reformer-and-yet-succeed-only/) [J. Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-gresham-machen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/j-gresham-machen-22117_christian-intellect_we-may-preach-with-all-the-fervor-of-a-r_64864.jpg) > [“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Collective thought is stupid because it’s collective.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acceptance-unless-some-stupidity/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/fernando-pessoa-177_collective_no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acc_69482.jpg) > [Collectivism means the subjugation of the individual to a group - whether to a race, class or state does not matter. Collectivism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/collectivism-means-the-subjugation-of-the-individual-to-a-group/) [Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/ayn-rand-59_action_collectivism-means-the-subjugation-of-th_307804.jpg) > [“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it. Collective thought is stupid because it's collective.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-pessoa/no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acceptance-unless-some-stupidity-3/) [Fernando Pessoa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-pessoa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aba/fernando-pessoa-177_abdication_no-intelligent-idea-can-gain-general-acc_1204586.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collective-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Collective Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ideas need collective thought.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ian Somerhalder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-somerhalder/ideas-need-collective-thought/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ian-somerhalder-2439_collectives_ideas-need-collective-thought-2544732_2544732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ian-somerhalder-2439_collectives_ideas-need-collective-thought-2544732_2544732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/ian-somerhalder-2439_collectives_ideas-need-collective-thought-2544732_2544732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ideas need collective thought.” — Ian Somerhalder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is simply a collective thought. 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