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title: "35 Man Idea Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Man Idea quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Man Idea sayings and thoughts."
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> [Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/man-is-an-idea-and-a-precious-small-idea-once-he-turns-his-back-on-2/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [One man's idea of perfect order is another man's chaos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/one-man-s-idea-of-perfect-order-is-another-man-s-chaos/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [The world makes way for the man with an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orison-swett-marden/the-world-makes-way-for-the-man-with-an-idea/)

[Orison Swett Marden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orison-swett-marden/)

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> [Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooks-atkinson/every-man-with-an-idea-has-at-least-two-or-three-followers/)

[Brooks Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooks-atkinson/)

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> [A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hazlitt/a-really-great-man-has-always-an-idea-of-something-greater-than/)

[William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hazlitt/)

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> [“Man, you have no idea what she does to me.” Brandon Knight”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bella-jeanisse/man-you-have-no-idea-what-she-does-to-me-brandon-knight/)

[Bella Jeanisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bella-jeanisse/)

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> [A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-grant/a-man-without-pleasure-is-a-man-without-any-idea-what-life-is-about/)

[Michael Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-grant/)

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> [What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/what-we-call-god-s-justice-is-only-man-s-idea-of-what-he-would-do-if/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [The mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/the-mind-has-transformed-the-world-and-the-world-is-repaying-it-with/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [“Man is an idea, and a precious small idea, once he turns his back on love. And that's my point; we, mankind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camus-albert/man-is-an-idea-and-a-precious-small-idea-once-he-turns-his-back-on/)

[Camus, Albert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camus-albert/)

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> [The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-crick/the-dangerous-man-is-the-one-who-has-only-one-idea-because-then-he-ll/)

[Francis Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-crick/)

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> [A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/djuna-barnes/a-strong-sense-of-identity-gives-man-an-idea-he-can-do-no-wrong-too/)

[Djuna Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/djuna-barnes/)

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> [No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/no-speech-is-ever-considered-but-only-the-speaker-it-s-so-much-easier/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [“The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because then he'll fight and die for it." \[As quoted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-crick/the-dangerous-man-is-the-one-who-has-only-one-idea-because-then-he-ll-2/)

[Francis Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-crick/)

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> [In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-science-the-credit-goes-to-the-man-who-convinces-the-world-not-to-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/man-never-had-an-idea-man-will-never-have-an-idea-except-those/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [But in science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-darwin/but-in-science-the-credit-goes-to-the-man-who-convinces-the-world-not/)

[Francis Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-darwin/)

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> [“man has an idea of a better world than this. But better does not mean different, it means unified… Religion or crime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/man-has-an-idea-of-a-better-world-than-this-but-better-does-not-mean-2/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [“It‘s so much easier to pass judgment on a man than on an idea. Though how in hell one passes judgment on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/it-s-so-much-easier-to-pass-judgment-on-a-man-than-on-an-idea-though/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [“When facing society, the man most concerned, the man who is to do the most and contribute the most, has the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/when-facing-society-the-man-most-concerned-the-man-who-is-to-do-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-yutang/the-most-bewildering-thing-about-man-is-his-idea-of-work-and-the/)

[Lin Yutang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-yutang/)

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> [Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-fuller/ninety-five-per-cent-of-films-are-born-of-frustration-of-self-despair/)

[Samuel Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-fuller/)

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> [“I’ve always rejected the great-man idea. The belief that human history was formed by singular individuals instead of broad social forces? Romantic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-a-corey/i-ve-always-rejected-the-great-man-idea-the-belief-that-human-history/)

[James S.A. Corey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-a-corey/)

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> [The idea of Homo monolinguis - one-languaged man - the idea of children having to grow into one system before we confuse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-illich/the-idea-of-homo-monolinguis-one-languaged-man-the-idea-of-children/)

[Ivan Illich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-illich/)

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> [“Women give men a place to go. A man is a useless piece of equipment whose purpose is lost if it were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adriana-trigiani/women-give-men-a-place-to-go-a-man-is-a-useless-piece-of-equipment/)

[Adriana Trigiani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adriana-trigiani/)

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> [One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/one-man-with-an-idea-in-his-head-is-in-danger-of-being-considered-a/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [ “And is usually true of a man of one idea, \[Charles\] became obsessed.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/and-is-usually-true-of-a-man-of-one-idea-charles-became-obsessed/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [I never could be a partisan leader - a man of one idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-chamberlain/i-never-could-be-a-partisan-leader-a-man-of-one-idea/)

[Joshua Chamberlain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-chamberlain/)

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> [A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/a-man-cannot-have-an-idea-of-perfection-in-another-which-he-was-never/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

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> [One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/one-should-conquer-the-world-not-to-enthrone-a-man-but-an-idea-for/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

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> [Don't change to fit yourself into a man's idea of perfection; find a man that finds you perfect the way you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola/don-t-change-to-fit-yourself-into-a-man-s-idea-of-perfection-find-a/)

[Kemmy Nola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola/)

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> [You refuse to listen. Because, like every other man, you can keep only one idea in your head at a time-usully the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-chase/you-refuse-to-listen-because-like-every-other-man-you-can-keep-only/)

[Loretta Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-chase/)

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> [Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He's a boy's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-cohen/lots-of-men-have-failed-as-presidents-as-trump-surely-will-but-few/)

[Richard Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-cohen/)

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> [You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benazir-bhutto/you-can-imprison-a-man-but-not-an-idea-you-can-exile-a-man-but-not-an/)

[Benazir Bhutto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benazir-bhutto/)

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> [That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/that-s-what-being-a-front-man-is-all-about-the-idea-of-having/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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