An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
Ideas Quotes
Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.
It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.
The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable.
It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.
If anyone has a new idea in this country, there are twice as many people who keep putting a man with a red flag in front of it.
For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old fashioned.
All ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.
