“We like to test things... no matter how good an idea sounds, test it first.”
“There are well-dressed foolish ideas, just as there are will-dressed fools.”
“Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first.”
“A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.”
“The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.”
“A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.”
“Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.”
“The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.”
“If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.”
“Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.”
“A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.”
“Good ideas and innovations must be driven into existence by courageous patience.”
“There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.”
“He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”
“The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.”
“An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.”
“Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied.”
“If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell it.”
“Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.”
“The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.”
“When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce.”
“Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.”
“Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.”
“Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.”
“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up.”
“People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.”
“The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.”
“Not the one who has many ideas, but the one who has a single conviction may become a great person.”
“I'm not impressed with the power of a corporate president. I am impressed with the power of ideas.”
“Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something.”