Quotes
Quotes about Ideas
The theory of evolution must be considered as a scientific theory, as theory, that is, proposed to explain or systemize a set of facts, and that no one has any claim to be considered as a serious rival to Darwin in the "discovery" of this theory who did not conduct his evolutionary studies upon a reasonably wide basis of facts. To have ideas, apercus, is not enough, and it is the overevalutation of such clever but uncontrolled guesses which is apt to produce the ludicrous fallacy of combination, in which fragments of the final theory are collected from widely scattered sources and are combined in such a way as to impugn the originality of him who was the first to see how such a synthesis was possible.
The number is certainly the cause. The apparent disorder augments the grandeur, for the appearance of care is highly contrary to our ideas of magnificence. Besides, the stars lie in such apparent confusion, as makes it impossible on ordinary occasion to reckon them. This gives them the advantage of a sort of infinity.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many. -Spinoza.
. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themesâthe values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.
I have always fought for ideasâuntil I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action.
Ideas cross mountains, borders, and seas. They go anywhere a man can go...
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
Olympian bards who sung Divine ideas below, Which always find us young And always keep us so.
