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Idea Quotes (page 135)

Henri Barbusse quote: "We have the divinity of our great misery. And our solitude,..."
We have the divinity of our great misery. And our solitude, with its toilsome ideas, tears and laughter, is fatally divine. Henri Barbusse
Albert Einstein quote: "If at first an idea isn't absurd, there's no hope for it."
If at first an idea isn't absurd, there's no hope for it. Albert Einstein
I mean, if you have any idea of any kind of complexity or immensity or destiny, of general order, you're put in a position of nothingness. And I think this is true. I don't think I'm anything; I never have thought that. Whatever it is that activates it is a certain kind of energy that goes on. But the effect is ridiculous; it's absurd."--Lincoln Kirstein in "The New Yorker Lincoln Kirstein
Stephen King quote: "An idea is like a cold germ: sooner or later someone always..."
An idea is like a cold germ: sooner or later someone always catches it. Stephen King
Marcus Tullius Cicero quote: "Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God"
Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God Marcus Tullius Cicero
You know what I was thinking? [Ruthie] got so excited when she was spouting this ahistorical countertextual nonsense, and I caught myself thinking, 'What an idiot her teacher must be,' and thinking about her teacher made me realize - the kind of excitement she was showing as she mindlessly spouted back the nonsense she learned in college, that's just like the excitement some of my own students show. And it occurred to me that what we professors think of as a 'brilliant student' is nothing but... Orson Scott Card
Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not closed and life is not static. Bill Moyers
but it wasn't just about my feelings. The more I got to know you, the more I was certain that you'd do whatever it took to provide for your family. That was important to me. You have to understand that back then, a lot of people our age wanted to change the world. Even though it's a noble idea, I knew I wanted something more traditional. I wanted a family like my parents had, and I wanted to concentrate on my little corner of the world. I wanted someone who wanted to marry a wife and a... Nicholas Sparks
Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if he was surrounded by bread. Fyodor Dostoevsky
You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. Nicholas Sparks
Kurt Vonnegut quote: " lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in..."
... lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. Kurt Vonnegut
But a man’s relationship to the world is determined not just by his intellect but by his feelings and by his who aggregate of spiritual forces. However much one implies or explains to a person that all that truly exists is no more than an idea, or that everything is made up of atoms, or that the essence of life is substance or will, or that heat, light, movement and electricity are only manifestations of one and the same energy; however much you explain this to a man—a being who feels,... Leo Tolstoy
We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage. Audre Lorde
Stephen King quote: "When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any..."
When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside. Stephen King
I do value my work awfully; but in reality only consider this: all this world of ours is nothing but a speck of mildew, which has grown up on a tiny planet. And for us to suppose we can have something great - ideas, work - it's all dust and ashes. Leo Tolstoy

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