Ideas Quotes

13167 Ideas quotes by 6467 unique authors

We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
The American ideal of sexuality appears to be rooted in the American ideal of masculinity. This idea has created cowboys and Indians, good guys and… — James A. Baldwin
Before going mountain bike riding, it's a good idea to leave your valuables at home. Your testicles, for example. — Unknown Author
As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one… — Will Cuppy
The idea of losing the three at Hayward Field and the idea of losing my specialty to someone who wasn't running his specialty. Mostly, the… — Steve Prefontaine
From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will be… — Kevin Mattson
If you have a plan, we want to hear it. Tell your community leaders, your local officials, your governor, and your team in Washington. Believe… — George H. W. Bush
Reformers have the idea that change can be achieved by brute sanity. — George Bernard Shaw
If the gains from trade in commodities are substantial, they are small compared to trade in ideas — David Landes
It is not a zero sum game. The simple idea of the gains from trade lies at the heart of the modern and the ancient… — Matt Ridley
A lot of young actors have the idea that, "I've got to do this right. There's a right way to do this." But there's no… — Robert De Niro
Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe
...quantity is not necessarily synonymous with quality and brilliant ideas are not a function of the number of titles printed. — Carlo M. Cipolla
The solution was eventually found by Johannes Gutenberg, who made the breakthrough that finally established printing as the communication technology of the future. Similar ideas… — Alister E. McGrath
The idea behind Reaganomics is this: a rising tide lifts all yachts. — Walter F. Mondale
Ask for what you want.Ask for help,ask for input,ask for advice and ideas- but be afraid to ask. — Brian Tracy
The study of economics has been again and again led astray by the vain idea that economics must proceed according to the pattern of other… — Ludwig von Mises
The idea that human kind can shape the world according to wish is what I call the fatal conceit — Friedrich August von Hayek
Darwin's greatest achievement was to show that the appearance of purpose, planning, teleology (design), and intentionality in the origin and development of human and animal… — John Searle
Human material existence is limited by ideas, not stuff, people don't need copper wires they need ways to communicate, oil was a contaminant, then it… — Paul Romer
Nothing will destroy creativity thought faster than judging the value of the idea on the spot. — Unknown Author
The accepted ideas of any period are singularly those that serve the dominant economic interest...What economists believe and teach, whether in the United States or… — John Kenneth Galbraith
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
Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect… — Friedrich August von Hayek
It is perhaps the most characteristic feature of the intellectual that he judges new ideas not by their specific merits but by the readiness with… — Friedrich August von Hayek

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