There is no such thing as a new idea. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I just don't see this old idea of the Red peril, itching to take over the world. I think you can explain… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
We owed so much to Herbert's ever cheerful industry and readiness, that I often wondered how I had conceived that old idea… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Old ideas are continually being slain by new facts. There is nothing stable in the conclusions of the mind, and it is… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
“Modern formulations are necessary even in defense of very ancient truths. Not because of any alleged anachronism in the old ideas –… — William F. Buckley Jr Copy Share Image
We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
Fighting is not the best way to win an argument. If carried to its ultimate conclusions, the old idea of "an eye… — Sterling W Sill Copy Share Image
Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them… for really new… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
This is why it might be more useful to understand the proliferation of interactive media as an opportunity for renaissance: a moment… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
The agricultural co-operative movement has been a severe ideological and political struggle from the very beginning. No cooperative can be established without… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas… — Dale E Turner Copy Share Image
The necessity for struggle is one of the clever devices through which nature forces individuals to expand, develop, progress, and become strong… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
The difference between writing a story and simply relating past events is that a story, in order to be acceptable, must have… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
When people speak of ideas that revolutionize society, they do but express the fact that within the old society, the elements of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
No original thought still exists. People are original, each one of them. The same ideas that others had before you are waiting… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply ingrained attitudes… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
I don't see Jesus as rescuing the fallen; I see Jesus as expanding the potential of life. The primary reason the old… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I think we need to find a way to provide people with a reason that the average man on the street can… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become… — Michael Meade Copy Share Image
The discovery of radioactivity created a momentary chaos in chemistry and physics; but it soon led to a fuller interpretation of the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your… — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
Keep recognizing that reality is changing and that your ideas have to change. Don’t get stuck in old ideas. — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
It is necessary to shed old ideas, habits, opinions and even companions sometimes. — Marlo Morgan Copy Share Image
Their ideas are old and their ideas are bad, and they eliminate the guarantee of Medicare. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
It was a reaction from the old idea of "protoplasm", a name which was a mere repository of ignorance. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's the old idea that the process of evolution is some push in the direction of greater complexity--in particular greater intellectual complexity.… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
