Great Idea Quotes

195 quotes by 178 authors

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a… — John Bolton
I think a duet with Janet is a great idea. — Paula Abdul
I ran into Isosceles. He had a great idea for a new triangle! — Woody Allen
Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it.… — Magic Johnson
Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea. — Sam Walton
Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid. — Michel Gondry
One doesn't begin to be a Christian because of an ethical decision or a great idea, but rather because of an encounter with an event,… — Pope Benedict XVI
The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments,… — Benjamin Cardozo
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire liberal… — Joel Barlow
A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole life to it.… — Swami Vivekananda
A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality, and one of the great ideas of our time is pluralism. Can… — Eboo Patel
This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us. — Swami Vivekananda
I've known people who had fantastic ideas, but who couldn't get the idea off the ground because they approached everything weakly. They thought that their… — Donald Trump
If you fall out of favor, you quickly stop being part of the conversation. But it can take one great project to turn things around.… — Chris O'Donnell
Sorrow is the great idealizer. — James Russell Lowell
Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. — Albert Camus
There was no single moment when I thought, Aha! What a great idea! Rather there was a slow and gradual accumulation of numerous small ideas. — Diane Setterfield
When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling.… — Daryl Hall

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