Subject: Intelligence » Ideas (Page 3)

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

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

(1917 –1986) American journalist
Ideas Intelligence

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

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Ideas Intelligence

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

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

Ideas endure and prosper in inverse proportion to their soundness and validity.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Things

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.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws People

A good idea is one that hits the other fellow with a bolt of envy.

Ideas Intelligence

When I need a little advice about Saddam Hussein, I turn to country music.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president
Government Ideas Intelligence Music

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

(1959 – ) American comedian
Age Children Ideas

Some people are better imagined in one's bed than found there in the morning.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist
Ideas Sex Situations

He only had one idea and that was wrong.

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

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

(1940 – ) computer scientist
Future Ideas Intelligence Time

Laziness is the mother of nine inventions out of ten.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

An original idea… that can’t be too hard; the library must be full of them.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director
Ideas Intelligence

A drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.

Alcohol Ideas Murphy’s Laws

The best way to inspire fresh thoughts is to seal the letter.


Communication Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Any simple idea will be worded in the most complicated way.

Communication Ideas Intelligence Language Murphy’s Laws

Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist
Ideas Intelligence Work

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

(1888 – 1964) American folklorist, writer & newspaper columnist
Education Ideas Intelligence School

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Education Ideas Intelligence

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

Ideas Intelligence Murphy’s Laws