Ideas Quotes

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

Paris is always a good idea.

Genius is only gifted to the few who are ready to go beyond their comfort-zones. Those who are not satisfied only with the theoretical ideologies.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

I see a woman who is rather calm because she doesn’t know what is waiting for her in her life after this. I was still not “that woman” who was hated by the public. I was an artist with fresh ideas.

The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.

Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.

The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize ideas.