Quotes on Idea

idea n.
1 a : a transcendent entity that is a real pattern of which existing things are imperfect representations
b : a standard of perfection : IDEAL
c : a plan for action : DESIGN
2 archaic : a visible representation of a conception : a replica of a pattern
3 a obsolete : an image recalled by memory
b : an indefinite or unformed conception
c : an entity (as a thought, concept, sensation, or image) actually or potentially present to consciousness
4 : a formulated thought or opinion
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

"To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler would it be if men died for ideas that were true." -H.L. Mencken

"An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it." -Don Marquis

"All great ideas are dangerous." -Oscar Wilde

"Serious people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious." -Paul Valery

"As there are misanthropists, or haters of mankind, so there are mislogists, or haters of ideas." -Plato

"Out beyond the idea of right thinking and wrong thinking is a field. . . . I will meet you there. . . ." – Jalaluddin Rumi

"Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them." – Alfred North Whitehead

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