Subject: Intelligence » Ideas

I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist

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

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist

He only had one idea and that was wrong.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

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.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea and that was wrong.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas; I’m frightened of old ones.

(1912 – 1992) American composer, writer & artist

It sounds good on paper.

Education: Forcing abstract ideas into concrete heads.

He objected to ideas only when others had them.

(1906 – 1990) British historian

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas.

(1959 – ) American comedian

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

(1892 – 1942) American painter

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

An original idea can never emerge from committee in the original.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

Books are for people who don't have ideas of their own.

(1984 – ) American stand-up comedian

Plagiarism: Failure to adorn stolen ideas with footnotes, as opposed to scholarship, which repeatedly acknowledges the theft.

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.