Subject: Intelligence » Ideas

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

(1892 – 1942) American painter
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Don't worry about people stealing an idea; if it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.

(1900 – 1973) computer pioneer
Ideas Intelligence

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Ideas Intelligence

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

(1950 – ) English broadcaster, journalist & author
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Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist
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He only had one idea and that was wrong.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author
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A good idea is one that hits the other fellow with a bolt of envy.

Ideas Intelligence

When a politician gets an idea, he usually gets it wrong.

Ideas Murphy’s Laws Politicians

Education: Forcing abstract ideas into concrete heads.

Definitions Ideas Intelligence

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
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A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.

British clerk of the House of Commons
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Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss; the wiser the man, the longer the list.

(1741 – 1794) French writer
Communication Ideas

Every great idea has a disadvantage equal to or exceeding the greatness of the idea.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

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

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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Man invented language to satisfy his inner need to complain.

(1935 – ) screenwriter, author, director & producer
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When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been correct in the first place

Corollary: After the correction has been found in error, it will be impossible to fit the original quantity back into the equation.

Ideas Intelligence Mistakes Murphy’s Laws

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Ideas Things

We all agree your theory is crazy… but is it crazy enough to be true?

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Ideas Intelligence

If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Ideas Intelligence

Every revolutionary idea – in Science, Politics, Art or whatever – evokes three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the three phrases: 1. It is completely impossible; don't waste my time. 2. It is possible, but it is not worth doing. 3. I said it was a good idea all along.

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