Ideas Quotes

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when it’s the only one you have.

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

Don’t express your ideas too clearly. Most people think little of what they understand, and venerate what they do not.

Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe,and sometimes I think we’re not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

Man’s fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.

Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

I hope some animal never bores a hole in my head and lays its eggs in my brain, because later you might think you’re having a good idea but it’s just eggs hatching.