I Quotes
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“Ideas are not dangerous. It is the deliberate or accidental misinterpretation and misapplication of them that makes them unstable and a starting point for morally-questionable behaviour.”
“Ideas are not important in China – execution is”
“Ideas are not in textbooks and journals, Ideas are more deeper than the shallow written works of men. You are the idea that comes like an idea.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.”
“Ideas are nothing, doing is everything”
“Ideas are one thing and what happens is another.”
“Ideas are only as good as their execution”
“Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.”
“Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.”
“Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.”
“Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition obligates each man in some way to change his life, even if it is only his inner life. They demand to be stood for. They dictate where a man must concentrate his vision. They determine his moral and intellectual priorities. They provide him with allies and make him enemies. In short, ideas impose an interest in their ultimate fate which goes far beyond the realm of the merely reasonable.”
“Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.”
“Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.”
“Ideas are self-replenishing, like snot”
“Ideas are senior to any information or any prior cause.”
“Ideas are so much flat psychological surface unless some mirrored matter gives them cognitive lustre. This is why as a pragmatistI have so carefully posited 'reality' ab initio, and why throughout my whole discussion, I remain an epistemologist realist.”
Source: The Meaning of Truth: Human Understanding
“Ideas are so much wilder than memories, so much faster to take root.”
Source: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“Ideas are somewhat like babies - they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, "This is a damn-fool idea." Instead they ask, "What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?"”
“Ideas are sparks and starts are flames, but only relentless follow-through breaks the tape. Turn vision into victory—be the one who says, ‘I did it.”
“Ideas are spiritual, harmonious and eternal”
Source: Christian Science Sentinel
“Ideas are the beginning of all achievement.”
Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living
“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.”
Source: The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time on the Secrets to Wealth and Prosperity
“Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.”
“Ideas are the currency of the future.”
“Ideas are the currency of the new economy.”
“Ideas are the easy part. The hard part is writing them down.”
“Ideas are the engines of progress. They improve people's lives by creating better ways to do things. They build and grow successful organizations and keep them healthy and prosperous. Without the ability to get new ideas, an organization stagnates and declines and will eventually be eliminated by competitors who do have fresh ideas.”
Source: Ideas Are Free: How the Idea Revolution Is Liberating People and Transforming Organizations: Easyread Edition
“Ideas are the factors that lift civilization. They create revolutions. There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.”
“Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.”
Source: The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2
“Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth.”
“Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!”
“Ideas Are The Lifeblood Of Business. Capture Every Fleeting Idea And Drive For Change.”
“Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever.”
“Ideas are the old-age of art. Artists have to keep young; they must not think too much - thought is death, while art is life. Such was Emile's viewpoint.”
“Ideas are the only things that count, and politicians are, for the most part, pretty much irrelevant.”
“Ideas are the root of creation.”
“Ideas are the roots of creation.”
“Ideas are the source of all things”
“Ideas are the very coinage of your brain.”
Source: The Two Noble Kinsmen
“Ideas are to literature what light is to painting.”
“Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars [translated from Trauerspiel, 1928].”
“Ideas are transplanted by splitting, thoughts by sprouting.”
“Ideas are useless unless used.”
Source: Marketing for business growth
“Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo.”
Source: Marketing for business growth
“Ideas are valuable in business and they should be treated as such.”
“Ideas are very important for the shaping of society. In fact, they are far more powerful than bombs or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way that governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes much more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts.”
Source: Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom
“Ideas are very important to the shaping of society. In fact, they are more powerful than bombings or armies or guns. And this is because ideas are capable of spreading without limit. They are behind all the choices we make. They can transform the world in a way that governments and armies cannot. Fighting for liberty with ideas makes more sense to me than fighting with guns or politics or political power. With ideas, we can make real change that lasts.”
“Ideas are worthless if you can’t make them happen.”
“Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything.”
“Ideas aren’t meant to be stored in the mind. They are to be nurtured, unleashed, and enjoyed.”