Favorite Quotations ~  Ideas, 5 Positive Thinking Bible

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." ~ John Cage

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There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. ~ Ansel Adams, IBD, 1/12/05

First a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim they themselves discovered it. ~ William James

You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. ~ John F. Kennedy

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. ~ Earl Nightingale

Try to develop your own mantras; tailor your chants to include good wishes for yourself and others. ~ Darrin Zeer, Everyday Calm

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. ~ Elizabeth Bowen

I need to pull an idea from my soul or my body every day. ~ Gloria Fuentes

We all know our ideas can be crazy, but are they crazy enough? ~ Kobi Yamada

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. ~ Walter Bagehot

Every new idea has something of the pain and peril of childbirth about it. ~ Samuel Butler, Note Books

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