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I like the scientific spirit—the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when t — Walt Whitman, Walt Whitman's Camden Conversations
On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death. ... Let children walk with nature, let them see the — John Muir, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. — John F. Kennedy
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. — John Cage
The lampshade on my head is for my bright ideas. I won't be able to convey them until Monday, when my curtain gets out o — Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic
Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea — wh — Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, govern — B.W. Powe, Towards a Canada of Light
A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, th — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Ideas and philosophies have a shelf-life. They must be kept fresh and renewed or they will spoil. If left unattended, th — Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to — Criss Jami, Killosophy
Books can be immensely powerful. The ideas in them can change the way people think. Yet it was the Nazis and Stalin's of — John Farndon, Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions
Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you — Holly Estil Cunningham, An Introduction to Philosophy
Some of my best ideas come from when I'm sitting on the toilet. — Anthony T Hincks
The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth. — Albert Einstein
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persu — John F. Kennedy
The worst thing in life is having parents that always stand against you and never with you. They discourage you, instill — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news. — George Orwell, Why I Write
The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, alw — George F. Kennan
It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world. — Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile