Quotes About Ideas

The person who I admire most in business is Warren Buffett. He is a long-term investor and has brilliant ideas, and he sticks to them.

I came up during the 'Star Wars' generation and that was sort of the thing I plugged into much more. It was a little before my time and I think it was sort of grappling with these intellectual ideas that were a little advanced for my young mind. At the time. But now I have a much deeper appreciation for it.

The advertising men made it clear that there were two ways of looking at ideas in a war against fascism. Those of us who were working on the project believed ideas were to be fought for; the advertising men believed they were to be sold. The audience, those at home in wartime, were not 'citizens' or 'people.' They were 'customers.'

Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.

Unfortunately, bureaucratic problems at the federal level are causing many other small Washington companies to be denied federal funding that would help transfer their ideas from their laboratories into our homes and hospitals.

To reinvent anomalous figments.

He still had, you see, illusions about Christians.

So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "file and forget," and I can neither file nor forget. Nor will certain ideas forget me; they keep filing away at my lethargy, my complacency. Why should I be the one to dream this nightmare?

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I also noticed that as you go to sleep the ideas continue, but they become less and less logically interconnected. You don't notice that they're not logically connected until you ask yourself, "What made me think of that?" and you try to work your way back, and often you can't remember what the hell did make you think of that!

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they are no better than dreams.

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams

Trust me, all the innovative ideas that we put into practice, comes not within but outside the workplace!

the most eminent intellectuals are those whose papers end up being cited the most; their ideas are "parents" to the greatest number of "offspring." Their ideas make it possible for other people to make their own statements.

Graham conveys the sense that good ideas are plentiful, waiting for someone to come along and pluck them off the ground. "There's a bunch of things like that," he says.

Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.

My thinking is my possession; always ready to exchange for a better version of that.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

This, then, was the religion that I was raised with: veneration for human creativity and the power of ideas.

Once you're on the road to slowing down aging and dramatically reducing your risk of disease, you'll find that you will discover new ideas on a regular basis as our knowledge of how biology works continues to grow exponentially.

The theory of "diffusion"—ideas spreading from top down, from the few to the many—still informs much of our telling of history. But that's not always the way history works. Except in totalitarian societies, people (even common people) tend to pursue, of their own volition, their personal interests and the interests of their communities. This was certainly true during the years leading up to the American Revolution.

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.