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Ideas Quotes by John Locke
- Not time is the measure of movement but: ...each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
- Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
- We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and…
- Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the…
- The acts of the mind, wherein it exerts its power over simple ideas, are chiefly these three: 1. Combining several simple ideas into one compound…
- Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.
- Whensoever we would proceed beyond [the] simple ideas we have from sensation and reflection, and dive farther into the nature of things, we fall presently…
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- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- 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
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- 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
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me… — Chinua Achebe