388 quotes found
“A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.”
“Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds. Remy de Gourmont An idea is salvation by imagination.”
“Only the wise possess ideas the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.”
“Big ideas are so hard to recognize so fragile so easy to kill. Don't forget that all of you who don't have them.”
“Great ideas originate in the muscles.”
“The material universe exists only in the mind.”
“Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men or they are no better than dreams.”
“An idea to be suggestive must come to the individual with the force of a revelation.”
“It is only liquid currents of thought that move men and the world.”
“To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.”
“The same products, services or technologies can fail or succeed depending on the business model you choose. Exploring the possibilities is critical to finding a successful business model. Settling ...”
“Exchange ideas frequently.”
“What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position w...”
“The attitude and capacity of the factory, the old metal table and the new ideas of the wooden furniture quickly and naturally suggested the possibility of metal furniture.”
“All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person. ”
“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.”
“Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.”
“'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.”
“One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type st...”
“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”