Accepting Quote by Emma Goldman

There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.’ Oscar Wilde.”

— Brandt Legg

It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about.

— Holly Black

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.

— William Osler

“All the quips in the world couldn’t prevent Oscar Wilde from becoming a lovesick fool.”

— David Levithan

Even a fool can have one good idea in a thousand.

— Anonymous

I remember when I posed as a customs officer so that I could meet Oscar Wilde. I said to him "Have you anything to…

— Simon Munnery

“A so-called ideal scheme which does not grow out of reality is definitely and finally not ideal at all.”

— Michael Oakeshott

As long as you're willing to be called a fool, you can create anything, do anything, be anything.

— Anna Olson

An idea which can be used once is a trick. If it can be used more than once it becomes a method.

— George Polya

A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee.

— Joseph Conrad

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

— William Blake