Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it. Don Marquis
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Edward De Bono
What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. Ezra Pound
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot
It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overleap them. Prince Klemens von Metternich
Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing. Paul Valery
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed. Stanislaus Lec
Ideas, as distinguished from events, are never unprecedented. Hannah Arendt
The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones. John Maynard Keynes
Only the ideas that we really live have any value. Hermann Hesse
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right. Walt Disney
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. Elizabeth Bowen
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas. Joseph Stalin
Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is ‘bold, exciting, innovative, and new.’ There are many ideas that are ‘bold, exciting, innovative and new,’ but also foolish. Donald Rumsfeld
Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Harvey S Firestone
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. Robert Half
A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences. Jacques Maritain
The well-meaning contention that all ideas have equal merit seems to me little different from the disastrous contention that no ideas have any merit. Carl Sagan
A new idea is like a sapling in the middle of a road, and if it’s not fenced in, it will be galloped over by the trampling hordes. Thomas Sydenham
The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government. Wyndham Lewis
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one. Mary Kay Ash
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men. Mortimer Adler
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. Arthur C. Clarke
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Edward De Bono
Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. Earl Nightingale
Ideas shape the course of history. John Maynard Keynes