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Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Quotes by H. G. Wells

I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.

Quotes by Gus Van Sant

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

Quotes by Gustav Mahler

Like immense time-binding discussions, genres allow ideas to be developed and traded, and for variations to be spun down through decades.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

Invoking nature with its implied supremacy ignores that many cultures have fundamentally differing ideas of even what nature is, much less how it should work.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

I like audacious ideas.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

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

Quotes by Grant Wood

All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.

Quotes by Graham Chapman

I'm not an academic; I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a writer, communicating ideas to the public. There is a model of how the past is, and a lot of academic archaeology is about refining the model. It's not about changing...

Quotes by Graham Hancock

I was working with C. L. R. James; I believed in Marxist ideas about the labor and movement and the workers being the secret to the future. And I learned differently just by being in Detroit and being married to...

Quotes by Grace Lee Boggs

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.

Quotes by Grace Paley

Finally there are simple ideas of which no definition can be given; there are also axioms or postulates, or in a word primary principles, which cannot be proved and have no need of proof.

Quotes by Gottfried Leibniz

It can have its effect only through the intervention of God, inasmuch as in the ideas of God a monad rightly demands that God, in regulating the rest from the beginning of things, should have regard to itself.

Quotes by Gottfried Leibniz

When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached.

Quotes by Gottfried Leibniz

College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.

Quotes by Gordon Gee

I think what any student adds is the ideas they bring.

Quotes by Gordon Gee

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas.

Quotes by Gordon Getty

You talk to the boss about your ideas and things like that, and all he can say is yes or no. I mean, you don't open your mouth, you don't give him your ideas, you're not really trying.

Quotes by Goldust

I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

Quotes by Glenn Miller

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these quotes suggest ideas come from a particular place?
One pushes back on that notion: "I do not believe that the best ideas come from Washington." It suggests good ideas can come from anywhere, not just centers of power. For more quotes questioning conventional wisdom like this, see Always quotes.
Is there a quote about free speech and access to ideas?
Yes — one connects the two directly: "free speech is not just open dissemination of ideas and information. It includes limitless instant access to those ideas." It frames free speech as more than just the right to speak — also the right to reach information. For more on the value of good access to information, check out Good quotes.
Do any quotes discuss ideas as an escape from reality?
One addresses this directly, and pushes back on the assumption: "Escapism or nostalgia, for me, is not about having a terrible life and trying to get away via imaginary ideas or something." The speaker resists the idea that using imagination means running from a bad life.
Is there a quote about turning ideas into a creative project?
Yes — a personal, honest one: "My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it." It's a relatable look at how not every good idea leads to success. If you enjoy honest, relatable reflections like this, Like quotes has more.
What's the common theme across these idea-related quotes?
Together, they show ideas as something personal and often resistant to easy categorization — they can come from anywhere, deserve free access, aren't just escapism, and don't always pan out. For more first-person reflections like these, browse Me quotes.

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