Alternatives Quote by Lawrence Summers Download Open image “The only antidote to dangerous ideas is strong alternatives vigorously advocated.” — Lawrence Summers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Alternatives Antidote Dangerous Dangerous ideas Evil Ideas Strong
Our danger is not too few, but too many options ... to be puzzled by innumerable alternatives. — Richard Livingstone Copy Share Image
The only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. And by dangerous I don't mean thought-provoking. I mean: might get people killed. — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Clear and precise ideas are the most dangerous, for one does not dare to change them. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The most dangerous ideas are not those that challenge the status quo. The most dangerous ideas are those so embedded in the status quo,… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I promise you that there are a lot of people involved in various kinds of retail activities who think they have a crucial role… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I have always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted. — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
It used to be said that when the U.S. sneezed, the world caught a cold. The opposite is equally true today. Our prosperity is… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working? — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
One of those disturbing tendencies in academic life is that there is a desire on the part of many in the name of open-mindedness… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable. — Twiggy Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Conventional agriculture has never succeeded in feeding the world, and it's never produced anything good to eat. For the future, we need to look… — Dan Barber Copy Share Image
[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon. — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN. — Harold Covington Copy Share Image
Men since the beginning of time have sought peace...military alliances, balances of power, leagues of nations, all in turn have failed, leaving the only… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Maximise the alternative forms in which a user might receive a service, and the alternative sources of supply. — Don Chipp Copy Share Image
In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
