"Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious……" — Midge Decter

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action,… - Midge Decter

"Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition obligates each man in some way to change his life, even if it is only his inner life. They demand to be stood for. They dictate where a man must concentrate his vision. They determine his moral and intellectual priorities. They provide him with allies and make him enemies. In short, ideas impose an interest in their ultimate fate which goes far beyond the realm of the merely reasonable."

— Midge Decter

Acquisition Quotes Action Quotes Action Even Quotes Allies Quotes Beyond Quotes Change Quotes Change His Life Quotes Concentrate Quotes Contemplation Quotes Demand Quotes Determine Quotes Dictate Quotes Dictate Where Quotes Each Quotes Enemies Quotes Enemy Quotes Far Quotes Far Beyond Quotes Fate Quotes Goes Quotes Goes Far Quotes Him Quotes His Inner Quotes His Life Quotes His Moral Quotes His Vision Quotes Ideas Quotes Ideas Are Powerful Quotes Impose Quotes Inner Quotes Inner Action Quotes Inner Life Quotes Intellectual Quotes Interest Quotes Life Quotes Life Even Quotes Make Quotes Make Him Quotes Man Quotes Men Quotes Merely Quotes Moral Quotes Obligates Quotes Only Quotes Powerful Quotes Powerful Things Quotes Priorities Quotes Provide Quotes Provide Him Quotes Realm Quotes Realms Quotes Reasonable Quotes Requiring Quotes Short Quotes Some Quotes Stood Quotes Studious Quotes Studious Contemplation Quotes Their Acquisition Quotes Their Ultimate Quotes They Demand Quotes They Determine Quotes They Dictate Quotes They Provide Quotes Things Quotes Things Requiring Quotes Ultimate Quotes Ultimate Fate Quotes Vision Quotes Way Quotes

6 Quotes by Midge Decter

Midge Decter has 6 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 6 quotes by Midge Decter »

More Acquisition Quotes

This quote is filed under Acquisition Quotes, one of 229 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the… — Jane Austen
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen… — John Cage
The sweetest type of heaven is home - nay, heaven is the home for whose acquisition we are to strive… — J. G. Holland
All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting. — Robert Bunsen
The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Businesses once grew by one of two ways; grass roots up, or by acquisition... Today businesses grow through alliances -… — Peter Drucker
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and… — J. William Fulbright
Arts, crafts and sciences uplift the world of being, and are conducive to its exaltation. Knowledge is as wings to… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of… — William James
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as… — William James
Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for… — Lev S. Vygotsky

See all 229 Acquisition Quotes »