Idea Quotes

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A good idea is like a lighted match, easily blown out by the cold winds of rigid management. — Richard Kinder
A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt. — Trevor Baylis
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem… — Thomas A. Edison
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture. — Anatole France
It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life. — Randall Jarrell
You cannot put a rope around the neck of an idea: you can not put an idea up against a barracks-square wall and riddle it… — Sean O'Casey
Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs. — John H. Vincent
An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force. — John Dewey
When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and operate the device… — Nikola Tesla
Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down… — Trevor Baylis
There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races… — Abraham Lincoln
I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is… — Akio Morita
With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have realize what that implies. It's not an abstraction. I'm… — Rand Paul
The mainstream perception that conservatives are close-minded and dogmatic while liberals are open-minded and free-thinking has it almost exactly backward. Liberal dogma is settled: The… — Jonah Goldberg
What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear that the voting… — Thomas Sowell
The idea that a reporter has to be 'fair and balanced' is ridiculous. The fact is, the truth usually is not fair and it's not… — Lou Dobbs
Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short and… — Laozi
It is a good idea to 'shop around' before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence… — Dave Barry
The idea of being a feminist-so many women have come to this idea of it being anti-male and not able to connect with the opposite… — Lena Dunham
You have got to compete with them...you have to be working toward a future of your own. A picture of the future of your own… — Scott Lively
I definitely think the idea of friend zone is just men going, 'This woman won't have sex with me. — Daniel Radcliffe
Buddha introduced the idea that young people should become sannyasins. Then it is something significant. When a young person goes beyond sex, when a young… — Rajneesh
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. — Gautama Buddha
Parallel to the training of the body a struggle against the poisoning of the soul must begin. Our whole public life today is like a… — Adolf Hitler
The painter is not an intellectual if, when he has painted a nude woman, he gives us the idea that she is just about to… — Odilon Redon

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