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Idea Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.
- We're always thinking of eternity as an idea that cannot be understood, something immense. But why must it be? What if, instead of all this,…
- He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in…
- Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.
- In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there…
- And what's strange, what would be marvelous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such an idea, the idea of the…
- There is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any…
- There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have…
- You cannot imagine what sorrow and anger seize one's whole soul when a great idea, which one has long and piously revered, is picked up…
- But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that if you have the guillotine in the forefront, and with such glee, it's…
- You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you…
- All of a sudden I became aware of a little star in one of those patches and I began looking at it intently. That was…
- I don’t even know what I’m writing, I have no idea, I don’t know anything, and I’m not reading over it, and I’m not correcting…
- Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even…
- And man has actually invented God. And whats strange, what would be marvellous, is not that God should really exist; the marvel is that such…
More Idea Quotes
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew… — Chinua Achebe
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden