An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Oscar Wilde – Idea
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Thomas Alva Edison – Idea
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that’s not the place to become discouraged.
Thomas Alva Edison – Idea, Progress
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
Goethe – Idea, Word
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Goethe – Idea
This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.
George Bernard Shaw – Idea
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson – Idea
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Walter Bagehot – Idea
I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.
Guillaume Apollinaire – Opinion, Idea
If an idea presents itself to us, we must not reject it simply because it does not agree with the logical deductions of a reigning theory.
