If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.

If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.

It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.

It is by acts, and not by ideas that people live.

The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.

The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is read more

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.