Quote by Chamfort Sébastien-Roch-Ni 1740?-1794

“One can be certain that every generally held idea, every received notion, will be an idiocy, because it has been able to appeal to…

— Chamfort

“Most of the people will try to prove your right ideas as wrong, so share your ideas carefully or not at all.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Only those who break the shackles of convention can ever achieve greatness.”

— Barry S. Brunswick

“it would have been a rare thing anyhow for an official to come upon an idea that is not provided for in the regulations.”

— B. Traven

“ownership of an idea makes cooperation with its tenets much more likely.”

— Ben Carson

“A good idea has legs of it's own.”

— Jason Hendeles

“Conventions are stupid things; but even the children of the spirit must make some compromise with the world.”

— Aldous Huxley

“Never underestimate the power of public opinion and the eagerness of the people in charge to bow to it.”

— Daniel Cole

“All this seems preposterous. But in fact one lapse of judgment can quickly create a situation in which only foolish choices are possible.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“The most baffling mystery about American democracy is why putting such a brilliant idea into practice seems to attract all the wrong people.”

— David Gustafson

“Convention loves invention, but dares not take it home.”

— Amy Lapwing

“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.”

— Barnett Cocks