We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors - walking, leaping, climbing, dancing, preferably on lonely mountains or near the sea where even the trails become thoughtful.
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
I love the idea of constantly altering yourself.
The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist.
The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
I love the idea of being an Aries.
I'm not an aristocrat. I have no idea what that is.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture.
A capitalistic kibbutz is not a bad idea. You need both.
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.
Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
A fundamental American question is, 'What's the big idea?'
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.