--- title: "8 Idea Wrong Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Idea Wrong quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Idea Wrong sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png" --- > [When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-matthias-alexander/when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-idea-is-to-go-from-wrong-to/) [F. Matthias Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-matthias-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png) > [“She had an idea, but it was the wrong idea. It was hardly even an idea, just a white idea balloon with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-idea-it-was-hardly-even-an-idea/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/margaret-atwood-40_description_she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-ide_979617.jpg) > [A fervently believed idea, even if wrong, dies hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-hellman/a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong-dies-hard/) [Hal Hellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-hellman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/hal-hellman-84091_dies_a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong_990369.jpg) > [“Right idea, wrong implementation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-rice-jr/right-idea-wrong-implementation/) [Robert A. Rice Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-rice-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/robert-a-rice-jr-93884_quote_right-idea-wrong-implementation-1453201_1453201.jpg) > [If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-technique-won-t-kill-it-and-if/) [David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/david-ogilvy-1326_big-idea_if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-t_2211866.png) > [When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-for-an-idea-to-come-into-your/) [Siegbert Tarrasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siegbert-tarrasch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/siegbert-tarrasch-16474_chess_when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-fo_2768576.jpg) > [That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-one-idea-and-that-is-a-wrong/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/samuel-johnson-50_fellow_that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-o_2783325.png) > [He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-he-had-only-one-idea-and-that/) [Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/benjamin-disraeli-390_classic-insult_he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-h_2851233.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/#itemlist", "name": "Idea Wrong Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it has taken us years to get to wrong we try to get right in a moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. Matthias Alexander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-matthias-alexander/when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-idea-is-to-go-from-wrong-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When anything is pointed out, our only idea is to go from wrong to right; in spite of the fact that it has…” — F. Matthias Alexander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She had an idea, but it was the wrong idea. It was hardly even an idea, just a white idea balloon with no writing inside it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Margaret Atwood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-idea-it-was-hardly-even-an-idea/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/margaret-atwood-40_description_she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-ide_979617.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/margaret-atwood-40_description_she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-ide_979617.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/margaret-atwood-40_description_she-had-an-idea-but-it-was-the-wrong-ide_979617.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She had an idea, but it was the wrong idea. It was hardly even an idea, just a white idea balloon with no…” — Margaret Atwood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A fervently believed idea, even if wrong, dies hard.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hal Hellman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-hellman/a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong-dies-hard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/hal-hellman-84091_dies_a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong_990369.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/hal-hellman-84091_dies_a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong_990369.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/hal-hellman-84091_dies_a-fervently-believed-idea-even-if-wrong_990369.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A fervently believed idea, even if wrong, dies hard.” — Hal Hellman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Right idea, wrong implementation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. Rice Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-rice-jr/right-idea-wrong-implementation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/robert-a-rice-jr-93884_quote_right-idea-wrong-implementation-1453201_1453201.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/robert-a-rice-jr-93884_quote_right-idea-wrong-implementation-1453201_1453201.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/robert-a-rice-jr-93884_quote_right-idea-wrong-implementation-1453201_1453201.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Right idea, wrong implementation.” — Robert A. Rice Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the right technique won't help you", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Ogilvy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-technique-won-t-kill-it-and-if/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/david-ogilvy-1326_big-idea_if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-t_2211866.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/david-ogilvy-1326_big-idea_if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-t_2211866.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/david-ogilvy-1326_big-idea_if-you-have-a-truly-big-idea-the-wrong-t_2211866.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you have a truly big idea, the wrong technique won't kill it. And if you don't have a big idea, the right…” — David Ogilvy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that idea will be wrong", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Siegbert Tarrasch" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siegbert-tarrasch/when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-for-an-idea-to-come-into-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/siegbert-tarrasch-16474_chess_when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-fo_2768576.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/siegbert-tarrasch-16474_chess_when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-fo_2768576.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/994/siegbert-tarrasch-16474_chess_when-you-don-t-know-what-to-play-wait-fo_2768576.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that…” — Siegbert Tarrasch", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-one-idea-and-that-is-a-wrong/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/samuel-johnson-50_fellow_that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-o_2783325.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/samuel-johnson-50_fellow_that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-o_2783325.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ada/samuel-johnson-50_fellow_that-fellow-seems-to-me-to-possess-but-o_2783325.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Disraeli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-he-had-only-one-idea-and-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/benjamin-disraeli-390_classic-insult_he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-h_2851233.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/benjamin-disraeli-390_classic-insult_he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-h_2851233.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbe/benjamin-disraeli-390_classic-insult_he-was-distinguished-for-ignorance-for-h_2851233.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.” — Benjamin Disraeli", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/", "name": "Idea Wrong Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/f-matthias-alexander-56963_facts_when-anything-is-pointed-out-our-only-id_136154.png" }, "description": "Browse 8 Idea Wrong quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Idea Wrong sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Idea Wrong Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/idea-wrong/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```