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New Ideas Quotes by Carl Sagan
- Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they…
- At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes-an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they…
- [N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea.…
- What is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of all hypotheses that are served up to us…
- If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.
- If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You become a crotchety old person convinced that nonsense is ruling…
More New Ideas Quotes
- Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to… — Sarah Bernhardt
- Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you… — Edward de Bono
- Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas.… — Edward de Bono
- The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. — Edward de Bono
- I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy. — Eli Broad
- I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. — John Cage
- I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new… — Orson Scott Card
- New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing.… — Arthur C. Clarke
- In my view, immigrants today aren't any different from immigrants who have come to America throughout our nation's history. They bring new… — Dick Armey
- Immigrants are exactly what America needs. They're what we need economically, and I think they're what we need morally... [They] revitalize America… — Rudy Giuliani
- It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes a curiously… — Francis Galton
- A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors… — Wilferd Peterson